Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-CC6748067-B
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Longmoor House
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
Band 7
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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 ethnic minorities, 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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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to take on a specialist role within the therapy team at Longmoor House.ÌýÌý
Longmoor House is an integrated care unit with 69 inpatient beds providing therapy and nurse led care to patients that have been either stepped up from the community or stepped down to our service from the acute.ÌýBased on a nursing and therapy led reablement model, utilising a holistic and person centred approach in order to support individuals requiring our services.Ìý Our multidisciplinary working with combined expertise, revised pathways and community connections will facilitate a more timely discharge in conjunction with our service users.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will take on the Band 7 Physiotherapist role at Longmoor House which will involve the operational leadership of the therapy team in conjunction with the Band 7 Occupational Therapist.Ìý This will include the day to day management of the therapy team, ensuring high standards of therapeutic interventions are delivered to all patients in our care.Ìý Performance management in line with CQC standards, including provision/oversight of audit, staff and service development, sickness management etc.Ìý There will also be an expectation that you will provide clinical expertise and support to the Physiotherapists within the team.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsible for the line management of the therapy team alongside the Band 7 Occupational Therapist
Provide clinical expertise and support within the scope of Physiotherapy practice to the Physiotherapists within the team
Performance management including provision/oversight of audit, staff appraisals in the form of PACE, supervision and sickness management.
Provide care, advice and guidance in the treatment of others, when dealing with complex highly specialised conditions.
Roster management including authorising of annual leave, ensuring adequate staffing levels to deliver an effective service.
Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure the role is focused onÌýmeeting the needs of our patients.
Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the therapy team.Ìý
Attendance and involvement in senior leadership team meetings where performance is monitored.
Develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification of relevant degree to the post requirement
- Registration with relevant professional body
- Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work based experience.
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
- Understanding of partnership working. Understanding of the principles of care management.
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues.
- Confident in challenging poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience
- Experience of successful multi-agency working.
- Demonstrable experience in relevant area of practice or equivalent.
- Experience in triaging and coordination of staff and caseload.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Risk assessment skills.
- IT literate
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse caseload
- Self-management and motivation skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie McCulloch
- Job title
- Band 7 Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Janet Woolley Band 7 Occupational Therapist
Kirsty Jones Matron
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