Clinical Lead Physiotherapist

Knowsley community therapy team is seeking a committed Band 7 Clinical lead Physiotherapist to join our service supporting the patients and staff through shared care within their localities. The post holder will provide expertise and advice in the treatment of highly complex conditions and mentorship to those within the community therapy team. They will have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload and a coordination role of the daily activities.

We are seeking a highly skilled, enthusiastic, and proactive therapist to work in collaboration with the service lead to support service modernisation and redesign, with the service responding to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities or support with discharge from the hospital setting.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team, which consist of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. We also provide Physiotherapy intervention to other teams within our portfolio, specifically the Falls team, Rydal ward and the Physical health in reach (PHIR – mental health). The OT and Physio support input within the Willowbrook hospice and guide patients’ home from the short term placements beds within then community.

If you’re motivated, with a passion to promote allied health professionals, and share our aim for perfect care, we’d like to hear from you.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership for staff, through supervision and PDR. They will participate in planning, development and evaluation of the services within the designated area/team, ensuring the delivery of the quality strategy incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s comorbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group. Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment. Acts as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour. Work in partnership with other professional to enable service users / patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy profession within community therapy and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all staff, students and practitioners.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Burke Job title: team lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01513518520

additional contact Janette MacGlashan 07789864943