Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 350-CC6785535
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Physiotherapy, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Prescot
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
Band 6
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
Liverpool Community Physiotherapy service provides therapy and rehabilitation in patients homes. We aim to promote independence and improve quality of life for people with physical problems caused by accidents, ageing, disease or disability. These include respiratory conditions, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility issues, neurological conditions and those receiving palliative care.
If you’re motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we’d like to hear from you.
The role involves working across Liverpool community teams (North, Central, South, Neuro, Rehab at Home, Care homes and Falls) on a rotational basis to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.
We’re a very supportive team with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and assistant practitioners.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.
The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services provided, holding responsibility for defined service improvement projects.
The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality therapy and care to a caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.
To prioritise designated Physiotherapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity.
To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within rehab hub setting.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.
To liaise with family members, carers, GP’s and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
Understanding risk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans.
The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.
The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of physiotherapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced
based practice.
Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy profession and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
- Self-management and motivation skills
- IT literate
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Professional
- Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Examination
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in the identified specialised field of physiotherapy
- Experience of successful multi - agency working
- Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised physiotherapy practice or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
- Understanding of partnership working
- Understanding of the principles of care management
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Management and clinical leadership experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Niamh Hansberry
- Job title
- North Team Lead Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 295 3988
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