An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join the St Helens Early Supported Discharge team. The service provides stroke rehabilitation to the people of St Helens in their own homes in order to gain function and independence after a stroke.
Additional funding has been agreed for the next 12 months to expand and develop the service on offer. The successful candidate will be involved with supporting this pilot project giving plenty of opportunity to develop neuro and leadership skills alike. In the event that funding is not continued after the initial pilot, the successful candidate will be offered a rotational post within the organisation.
This is a community based post, and the ability to travel between visits is essential.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s and deliver rehabilitation programmes 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 take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality therapy and care to a caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.
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 Purpose:
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a 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 provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
The post holder 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 which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.
Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of Physiotherapy Profession within the service and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Dec 2024