Job vacancy: Technical Instructor, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool | trac.jobs

Job summary Main area Respiratory- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm) Job ref 382-MEC37-26 Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Blackpool Victoria Hospital Town Blackpool Salary £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59 Employer heading Technical Instructor NHS AfC: Band 3 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people. We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries. We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance.  Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored. Job overview As a Band 3 Technical Instructor, you will be required to support the Registered Nurse/Physiotherapist Specialists and Senior Technical Instructors in the overall delivery of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme. Under the delegated supervision of the Registered Nurse/Physiotherapist Specialists and Senior Technical Instructors, you will assist in the assessment processes, delivery of exercise classes, deliver education sessions, and undertake reassessment/evaluation activities, providing explanation, support and advice to patients, relatives and carers, as appropriate within your competency. You will be expected prioritise and organise yourself in order to complete delegated activities, meeting the needs of the patients and the service. You will be responsible for reporting clinical observations, escalating any concerns and documenting clinical activity that you undertake. Main duties of the job Clinical 1. To assist with supervision and support of Service Users at Pulmonary Rehabilitation Classes and give accurate feedback on observations. Support and supervise patients during exercise classes, providing accurate feedback on observations made to the most appropriate coll