A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced rehabilitation physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Rehab Gym team. You will work with a wide variety of patients including those with neurological conditions, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, and generalised deconditioning, who require bespoke and personalised rehabilitation within the outpatient setting.
You will work with and receive peer support from B7, B6, and B3 colleagues and have clinical supervision with our neuro physiotherapy advanced practitioner. There will be opportunities for personal and professional development identified through your supervision and appraisals.
As a recently integrated department, you will work collaboratively with the existing team and key stakeholders to shape and develop the service provided to patients across the city.
As such, you will need to have excellent communication skills, experience of service development, and the ability to ensure service delivery.
Responsibilities:
1. To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment of patients ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communications via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
2. To manage and provide effective leadership of therapy staff.
3. To manage and develop physiotherapy input to provide optimal patient care ensuring high standards of clinical practice.
4. To liaise with the Therapy Manager providing specialist advice on the planning and development of the service.
5. To represent Therapy Services on any service development working parties/meetings as appropriate.
6. To support the leading of regular staff meetings and facilitate good communication between the department and Trust both on Trust and National issues ensuring effective dissemination of information.
7. To provide expert advice to colleagues.
8. To monitor activity and support production/analysis of data for clinical specialty.
9. Where necessary, to take appropriate action to ensure activity and waiting list targets are achieved within the service.
10. To assess the Therapy equipment required for the department.
11. To actively participate in the professional development programme of the physiotherapy/therapy department.
12. To undertake appraisals and development reviews within the therapy team.
13. Contribute to the induction of new therapy staff.
14. To attend relevant training courses and complete yearly appraisal and personal development plans in order to maintain clinical and managerial competence.
15. To disseminate information from training attended as required.
16. To train and supervise students on clinical placement.
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Apr 2025.
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