Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Practitioner Equipment Services

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Sefton Equipment Advisory Service. The post available is for an assistant practitioner or a suitable candidate with patient facing experience.

This is a developing and evolving role that involves education, training, supporting prescribers in the issue of community equipment. As a successful candidate you would be expected to have excellent problem solving skills, interpersonal skills and a desire to further your learning and knowledge of community equipment and patient assessments.

Main duties of the job

To give advice on appropriate community equipment within the patient home environment.

To Support the prescribing of equipment in the community, to prevent hospital admissions and promote safe discharges from secondary care.

To assist the Clinical lead with training and education on safe and appropriate prescribing of equipment in the community setting.

To manage own caseload and work autonomously.

Provide clinical support and knowledge to support staff

Undertake risk assessments on defined patient in line with relevant guidelines

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.

Date posted

04 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COM5522896

Job locations

Sefton Equipment Store unit 2c Bechers drive L9 5AY

Liverpool

L9 5AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in providing the Equipment Advisory Service in Sefton.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery. These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practices

Value the aims of service users

Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice

Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change

Value social inclusion

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in providing the Equipment Advisory Service in Sefton.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery. These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practices

Value the aims of service users

Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice

Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change

Value social inclusion

Person Specification

Foundation degree or experience of working in a patient facing role

Essential

Foundation degree or 2 years patient facing experience

Desirable

Assessing, planning and implementing individual programme's of care

Person Specification

Foundation degree or experience of working in a patient facing role

Essential

Foundation degree or 2 years patient facing experience

Desirable

Assessing, planning and implementing individual programme's of care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sefton Equipment Store unit 2c Bechers drive L9 5AY

Liverpool

L9 5AY

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sefton Equipment Store unit 2c Bechers drive L9 5AY

Liverpool

L9 5AY

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)