Job summary
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 communityfor 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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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 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 patients 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 patients 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professions Council
- Degree in physiotherapy
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification or equivalent work-based experience
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Practice placement education qualification
- Evidence of post registration
- Study in a field relevant to post
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
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
- Change oriented
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
- 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
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
- Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professions Council
- Degree in physiotherapy
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification or equivalent work-based experience
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Practice placement education qualification
- Evidence of post registration
- Study in a field relevant to post
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
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
- Change oriented
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
- 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
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).
