Job vacancy: Wheelchair Therapist- Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area: Community Wheelchair Services
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-CC6232612

Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Liverpool Wheelchair Service
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/06/2024 23:59
Interview date: 13/06/2024

Wheelchair Therapist- Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist

Band 5

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients

Identify, and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations

Recognise and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

Promote and deliver evidenced based care

Assist senior practitioners as required

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural backgrounds and preferred ways of communicating

Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues viewpoints to others

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the relevant professional body

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care according to national and local guidelines, working in partnership with other clinical teams/departments

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation

Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree (or Diploma) in Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy
HCPC registered Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist
Registered member of professional body (e.g. Royal College of Occupational Therapists or Chartered Society of Physiotherapists)

Desirable criteria

Accredited Practice Placement Educator

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable post registration experience
Experience of successful multi-agency working
Evidence of CPD/Short courses

Desirable criteria

Demonstrable experience in relevant area of practice or equivalent.
Awareness of Health and Safety issues as a lone worker in the community

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

Understanding the principles of care management
Awareness of factors that contribute to good health & the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Excellent communication, organisational & interpersonal skills
Risk Assessment skills
Self - management & motivation skills
IT Literate
Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Work as a member of a team
Self-motivated and able to adopt a flexible working approach when the needs of the service require
Willingness to support and assist the team in the planning and development of the service
Excellent hand-eye coordination
Sensory skills (sight, hearing, touch) to be able to independently adjust mobility equipment to suit service users’ needs.
Dexterity, manipulation and fine-motor skills

Desirable criteria

Awareness of current, national and local agenda in health & social care
Understanding of partnership working
Moving and Handling skills/ training
Ability to work to deadlines

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We celebrate diversity and promote 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 BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces 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.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the recruitment team to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team is able to prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Rebecca Denson
Job title: Clinical Lead, Liverpool Wheelchair Service
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0151 296 7770

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