Job summary
The post currently available is for fixed term (15mths) covering Knowsley Community therapy team providing support cover for maternity leave. Weare seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist (Physio) to join our service, supporting the patients through shared care within their localities.
The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities or support with discharge from the hospital setting. We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate experience within the Physio role, who has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team. You will require sound decision making skills and effective clinical reasoning to provide input to those with long term conditions, palliative patients, musculoskeletal problems (unable to access a clinic), orthopaedic and other neurological disorders.
Main duties of the job
To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments, devise treatment plans individualised to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge. Gaining consent through engaging patients / clients through their therapy utilising shared decision making enabling them to experience choice and as part of their recovery. Prioritising during triage the designated Physiotherapy / Occupational therapy / assistant practitioners referrals according to need, risk and service capacity. Maintaining timely interventions and completion of supporting documentation / onward referrals, while supporting the team and student education. Be 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.
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
To plan and implement patient centred individual interventions,using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progressand ensure effectiveness of intervention.To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and providetraining and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patients social and physical environment.To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership within your team.To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.
To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard. liaising withfamily members, carers, GPs and other professionals when completing the assessment and developing a careplan.To be a point of contact for service users and carers that have concernsregarding their care, making every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly, referring to and informing the Team Manager as necessary.To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To monitor and work with all team members to ensure that service user risk is managed appropriately and that risk management plans are of a high quality. Understandingrisk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans.Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery ofPhysiotherapy activities and comply with The Chartered Society ofPhysiotherapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public healthpolicy.To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service usersby supervision of sector members caseloads and via audit.To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive. Use your judgement, gainedfrom experience, to establish if a service user requires assessment by a medic or possibly hospital admission.To use skills gained through experience to deal with service users whobecome anxious, hostile or distressed.To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidentsand liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are implemented.To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions.To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in their chosen setting or return to this on discharge.To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act
Job description
Job responsibilities
To plan and implement patient centred individual interventions,using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progressand ensure effectiveness of intervention.To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and providetraining and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patients social and physical environment.To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership within your team.To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.
To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard. liaising withfamily members, carers, GPs and other professionals when completing the assessment and developing a careplan.To be a point of contact for service users and carers that have concernsregarding their care, making every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly, referring to and informing the Team Manager as necessary.To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To monitor and work with all team members to ensure that service user risk is managed appropriately and that risk management plans are of a high quality. Understandingrisk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans.Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery ofPhysiotherapy activities and comply with The Chartered Society ofPhysiotherapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public healthpolicy.To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service usersby supervision of sector members caseloads and via audit.To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive. Use your judgement, gainedfrom experience, to establish if a service user requires assessment by a medic or possibly hospital admission.To use skills gained through experience to deal with service users whobecome anxious, hostile or distressed.To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidentsand liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are implemented.To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions.To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in their chosen setting or return to this on discharge.To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS:
Essential
- o Registered Physiotherapist with the HealthProfessions Council
- o Degree in physiotherapy
- o Teaching / Mentorship qualification or equivalent work- based experience
Desirable
- o Membership of professional body
- o Practice placement education qualification
- o Evidence of post registration
- o Study in a field relevant to post
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- o Demonstrate experience of Physiotherapy assessment including complex rehabilitation and decision making
- o Experience of successful team working
- o Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
- o Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of Physiotherapy services
- o Formulation of intervention/treatment plans grounded in clinical reasoning
- o General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- o Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- o Evidence of CPD/short courses
Desirable
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Record
- Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness /Enthusiasm
- Change oriented
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- 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
- 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 skills
- 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.
Desirable
- 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.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS:
Essential
- o Registered Physiotherapist with the HealthProfessions Council
- o Degree in physiotherapy
- o Teaching / Mentorship qualification or equivalent work- based experience
Desirable
- o Membership of professional body
- o Practice placement education qualification
- o Evidence of post registration
- o Study in a field relevant to post
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- o Demonstrate experience of Physiotherapy assessment including complex rehabilitation and decision making
- o Experience of successful team working
- o Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
- o Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of Physiotherapy services
- o Formulation of intervention/treatment plans grounded in clinical reasoning
- o General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- o Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- o Evidence of CPD/short courses
Desirable
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Record
- Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness /Enthusiasm
- Change oriented
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- 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
- 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 skills
- 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.
Desirable
- 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.
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).
