Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Physiotherapist
- Gradd
- Band 6
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 350-CC7813012
- Cyflogwr
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Longmoor House
- Tref
- Liverpool
- Cyflog
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 03/03/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Senior 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 ethnically diverse, 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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Trosolwg o'r swydd
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 from the community for 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
- 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 GP 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.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The successful candidate will be working as part of our extensive multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent and effective rehabilitation 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.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
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 patient’s 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.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professions Council
- Degree in physiotherapy
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification or equivalent work-based experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Membership of professional body
- Practice placement education qualification
- Evidence of post registration
- Study in a field relevant to post
Knowledge/Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrate experience of Physiotherapy assessment including complex rehabilitation and decision making
- Experience of successful team working
- Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
- Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of Physiotherapy services
- Formulation of intervention/treatment plans grounded in clinical reasoning
- General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Records
Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in physiotherapy in the relevant area practice
- Application of physiotherapy outcome measures and models of practice
- Application of the process of standard setting, audit, evaluation and review
- A sound knowledge of the core skills of Physiotherapy and their application in this field
- Ability to communicate effectively with service users within the specific client group
- Good listening skills
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of Health Profession Councils standards
- Of Proficiency and the Physiotherapist’s responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
- Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of mentorship and supervision
- Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
- Experience of group and individual interventions with the specific client group
- Experience working in a collaborative way with the MDT and service users/carers
- Good time management
- Apply and promote physiotherapy skills to include carrying out physiotherapy assessments, setting clear physiotherapy goals and facilitating a wide variety of therapeutic interventions via the provision of meaningful activities
- Able to apply Person Centred approaches
- Apply clinical skills and able to reflect on own and others practice
- Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff
- Ability to facilitate presentations
- Self Management and motivation skills
- Risk assessment skills
- It Literate
- Ability to travel across boundaries
- Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with the organisational public health policy
- Understanding of partnership working
- Awareness of local agenda in health and social care
Meini prawf dymunol
- Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully participate in the development of physiotherapy service delivery
- Apply professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Natalie McCulloch
- Teitl y swydd
- Band 7 Physiotherapist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau Perthynol i Iechyd neu bob sector