An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Falls Assessor within the Knowsley Falls and Fracture Prevention Service.
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The applicant will have good IT skills and be willing to travel.
The post holder will be required to undertake multi-factorial falls assessments, both in the community and in a clinic environment, making onward referrals to appropriate services and providing low level equipment.
Training will be provided if required
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking falls assessments for service users 55 years old and above in both Community Clinics and Service users’ own homes, falls assessments follow NICE guidance for Falls and Osteoporosis Risk and are multi-factorial and individual in nature.
The post holder will be expected to assess for Falls Risks, carrying out a range of clinical assessments including measurement of physiological observations, escalating any concerns via an agreed and defined service plan.
The post holder will be expected to use shared decision-making techniques to agree and facilitate an individual based plan in order to reduce future falls and fracture risk where possible with the service users.
The post holder will work as part of a team that educates and supports other services and members of the Public promoting the Falls and Fracture Prevention across the whole Community including Care Homes and supported Living facilities.
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.
To provide a high standard of clinical care for service users, escalating any concerns via an agreed service plan, and acting within the standards, protocols and guidelines of the falls and fracture prevention service. This will include:
a) Accepting clinical responsibility for a manageable caseload
b) Being accountable for own clinical practice
c) Ensuring that those aspects of service, delivered as part of remit, meet local quality standards.
d) Ensuring that the dignity and respect of service users is maintained.
e) Being proactive in maximising health, wellbeing and falls prevention.
f) Participating in relevant health promotion aspects of the service
This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025