Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Generic Therapy Technical Instructor

The closing date is 20 August 2025

Job summary

Do you have the ability to deliver high quality compassionate care and think you will be the right person to join our team which is already proven to make a difference? We have a great opportunity for a full time Band 4 Therapy Technical Instructor to provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions to patients within our Home First and Community Therapy Service. The service brings together an integrated health and social care offer delivered by community-based nursing, therapy and adult social care teams and will allow you to use your therapy skills to: Support people to remain in their homes when they are having a health or social care crisis, rather than needing to go into hospital or a care home. Help people get home from hospital quickly and provide them with rehabilitation and reablement to help restore their health, wellbeing and independence. Deliver high quality core therapy reablement, rehabilitation and recovery to people within their own home. This post requires a level of personal responsibility and we are looking for someone highly motivated, resilient and proactive with the ability to prioritise and manage their own allocated work, use their initiative and the ability to work on their own and as part of a team. You will demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to adapt to a changing and pressurised environment.

Main duties of the job

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible Contact Details: emma.mcwilliams2@nhs.net

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

004286

Job locations

The Warrens

25 Warren Park Way

Enderby

Leicestershire

LE19 4SA


Job description

Job responsibilities

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • If you like what youve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification.

Experience

Essential

  • Please click onto apply for this job and you will be redirected to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • If you like what youve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification.

Experience

Essential

  • Please click onto apply for this job and you will be redirected to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Warrens

25 Warren Park Way

Enderby

Leicestershire

LE19 4SA


Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Warrens

25 Warren Park Way

Enderby

Leicestershire

LE19 4SA


Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Lead Community Therapy

Emma McWilliams

emma.mcwilliams2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

004286

Job locations

The Warrens

25 Warren Park Way

Enderby

Leicestershire

LE19 4SA


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