Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and innovative Physiotherapist to join the therapy team at Longmoor House.

Longmoor House is a newly refurbished Integrated Care Unit that provides step down care from acute trusts and step up care form communityfor medically optimised patients where it is anticipated that there are ongoing nursing, therapy and reablement needs.

In joining the team you will have the opportunity to

• work in a supportive and caring environment
• have the opportunity to develop professionally
• Deliver great healthcare and make a positive difference in patients' lives
• Work within an integrated team with all members of the MDT and partner services
• Work in a state of the art newly refurbished facility, utilising technologies to improve patient care
• Participate in the many quality initiatives to improve patient experience and care

The service is based on a nursing and therapy led reablement model with advanced nurse practitioner and medical cover, utilising a holistic and person centred approach in order to support individuals requiring our services.

Our multidisciplinary working with combined expertise, revised pathways and community connections will facilitate a more timely discharge in conjunction with our service users reducing days away from home.

Shortlisting date is planned for 31st August 2023

Interview date: TBC

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working as part of our extensive multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent and effective reablement service.

You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and take responsibility for a caseload ensuring that evidence based, individualised and effective treatment is administered with the outcome of a timely and safe discharge.

Excellent time management, clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills are essential for this role.

You will be supported by the senior members of staff and team lead with regular supervision and in service training.

The service will work over 7 days per week on a rota.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed Job Description

The Physiotherapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patients co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based practice and 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 the Physiotherapy service within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of 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 professionals to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding acute hospital admission.

The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients.

The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Professional.
• Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work based experience.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience.
• Experience of successful multi-agency working.
• Demonstrable experience in relevant area of practice or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses.

Desirable

• Management and clinical leadership experience.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Essential

• 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.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Risk assessment skills.
• Self-management and motivation skills.
• IT literate.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Longmoor House

Lower Lane

Liverpool and South Sefton

L9 7AL

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