Job summary
This is an opportunity to work In the Planned Therapy Team - Sefton Place as a part time basis for fixed term.
We cater to a diverse population for Physiotherapy, occupational therapy and falls.
The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population, promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery. The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a specialist and complex 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 be responsible for the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy Services within a designated area/team.The post holder will 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 of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
Postholders will work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert clinical leadership within your area of specialism and the implementation of best practice/evidenced-based interventions.
Undertake timely, holistic assessments of patients, involving functional and environmental factors.
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in delivery and interpretation of outcome measures and other specific assessment tools.
Undertake assessments autonomously as well as working with other members of the MDT.
Provide comprehensive assessments and intervention to patients making use of education and treatment facilities where appropriate.
To be able to make rapid decisions where required, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge and experience, with support as appropriate.
Work with clinical colleagues and teams to deliver an optimal service within your specialism.
Attend where appropriate relevant meetings linked to your service.
Be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multidisciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.Monitor a person's progress and adapt treatment plans and intervention / recommendations as appropriate, using outcome measures and reflective practice.
To keep accurate up-to-date records on patient care and equipment provision, which comply with quality standards of Trust / Professional / Service policies, meet legal requirements and that can be shared with colleagues and carers when appropriate.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will operate within the principles of continuous quality improvement and review, implement and monitor adherence to the Trusts Strategic Objectives.
The post holder will also monitor and critically analyse relevant data to help support and implement change.
The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing anddelivering high quality and innovative services to the local population, promote effectiveteamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a specialist and complex caseload of patients 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 be responsible for the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy Services within a designated area/team.
The post holder will 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 of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
Postholders will work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.
To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Chartered society of Physiotherapy (CSP) guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own practice against these
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will operate within the principles of continuous quality improvement and review, implement and monitor adherence to the Trusts Strategic Objectives.
The post holder will also monitor and critically analyse relevant data to help support and implement change.
The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing anddelivering high quality and innovative services to the local population, promote effectiveteamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a specialist and complex caseload of patients 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 be responsible for the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy Services within a designated area/team.
The post holder will 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 of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
Postholders will work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.
To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Chartered society of Physiotherapy (CSP) guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own practice against these
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Membership of the Physiotherapy Current registration with CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy) HCPC as a Physiotherapist or Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with HCPC as a Registered Physiotherapist
- Experience and/or additional prepared to work education in relevant field to post graduate diploma or equivalent level combination of education, further training and experience
- Evidence of CPD relevant to treatment of older adults, physical disability and rehabilitation
- Experience and/or additional education within your specialism
- Evidence of an up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of the CPS (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy)
- Qualification in Team/Management Service or prepared to work towards
- Masters level study related to your specialism or prepared to work towards
- Membership of CSP
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-graduate experience in your specialism
- Experience of working in a community or primary care setting
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary/ interdisciplinary environment
- Experience of working and assessing people with complex needs and delivering complex care plans
- Experience of coordinating and managing a team
- Experience ofsupervision and teaching others
- Active participation in in service training
- Experience in service development
Desirable
- Experience In multiagency working
- Experience in promoting services within a locality.
- Experience of working with clients requiring intermediate care if relevant.
- Experience of working with in a virtual ward model in a community setting if relevant
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of principles of care Experience in research for long term conditions, and audit relevant National Service Ability to travel Frameworks, NICE and other national standards including the out of hospital strategies
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex multipath ologies in relation to your specialism and education Knowledge
- Understanding of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services Knowledge of Primary Health Care
- Collaborative working with other care providers, e.g., social care, acute hospitals and voluntary services Knowledge of the audit cycle
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- An understanding of the importance of involving service users in their treatment and development of the service
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Teaching of junior staff, students and peers
- Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Able to identify learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
- Basic computer skills including use of Word, Power point, Excel, clinical recording systems
- Builds and manages internal and external stakeholder relationships and exceeds patient and commissioner expectations by accurately assessing patient needs and ensuring delivery of commissioner requirements
- Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Has the ability to lead a team and create and communicate a clear vision and direction in order to create a motivated team and foster an environment where groups and individuals can achieve high performance
- Skilled in the use of reflective practice and proactive clinical supervision and is self-motivated
- Communicates in a clear and concise manner in the language of the audience and checks that communicated messages have been received and understood
- Able to work collaboratively with a strong sense of openess, honesty and integrity.
Desirable
- Experience in research for long term conditions, and audit
- Ability to travel
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Membership of the Physiotherapy Current registration with CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy) HCPC as a Physiotherapist or Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with HCPC as a Registered Physiotherapist
- Experience and/or additional prepared to work education in relevant field to post graduate diploma or equivalent level combination of education, further training and experience
- Evidence of CPD relevant to treatment of older adults, physical disability and rehabilitation
- Experience and/or additional education within your specialism
- Evidence of an up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of the CPS (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy)
- Qualification in Team/Management Service or prepared to work towards
- Masters level study related to your specialism or prepared to work towards
- Membership of CSP
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-graduate experience in your specialism
- Experience of working in a community or primary care setting
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary/ interdisciplinary environment
- Experience of working and assessing people with complex needs and delivering complex care plans
- Experience of coordinating and managing a team
- Experience ofsupervision and teaching others
- Active participation in in service training
- Experience in service development
Desirable
- Experience In multiagency working
- Experience in promoting services within a locality.
- Experience of working with clients requiring intermediate care if relevant.
- Experience of working with in a virtual ward model in a community setting if relevant
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of principles of care Experience in research for long term conditions, and audit relevant National Service Ability to travel Frameworks, NICE and other national standards including the out of hospital strategies
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex multipath ologies in relation to your specialism and education Knowledge
- Understanding of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services Knowledge of Primary Health Care
- Collaborative working with other care providers, e.g., social care, acute hospitals and voluntary services Knowledge of the audit cycle
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- An understanding of the importance of involving service users in their treatment and development of the service
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Teaching of junior staff, students and peers
- Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Able to identify learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
- Basic computer skills including use of Word, Power point, Excel, clinical recording systems
- Builds and manages internal and external stakeholder relationships and exceeds patient and commissioner expectations by accurately assessing patient needs and ensuring delivery of commissioner requirements
- Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Has the ability to lead a team and create and communicate a clear vision and direction in order to create a motivated team and foster an environment where groups and individuals can achieve high performance
- Skilled in the use of reflective practice and proactive clinical supervision and is self-motivated
- Communicates in a clear and concise manner in the language of the audience and checks that communicated messages have been received and understood
- Able to work collaboratively with a strong sense of openess, honesty and integrity.
Desirable
- Experience in research for long term conditions, and audit
- Ability to travel
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
