Employer:
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Liverpool, L217JN
Pay:
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
26/04/2026
About this job
We are looking for a therapy assistant to join our multidisciplinary teams across South Sefton.
If you are motivated, with therapy experience, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we would like to hear from you.
The role can involve working across South Sefton supporting our therapists in delivering rehabilitation.
If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.
We are a very supportive team with advanced clinical practitioners, senior nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, therapy and health practitioner assistants.
Work collaboratively within the team and with other agencies to deliver therapeutic interventions to promote patients well being and functional independence.
Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role.
Be accountable for own clinical practice and personal development.
Deliver care in line with national quality standards and Trust policy.
Act as an advocate and champion for clients.
Lead on health promotion activities as required.
Undertake clinical tasks, following patient specific direction.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Participate in individual clinical supervision and appraisal.
Support the delivery/completion of audits within the team.
Undertake all relevant mandatory training.
Must have access to a car to access community.
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.
Work collaboratively within the team and with other agencies to deliver local and national health priorities and objectives.
Accept clinical responsibility for a manageable caseload, where appropriate.
Be accountable for own clinical practice.
Deliver care in line with national quality standards and Trust policy.
Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role.
Provide clinical support and knowledge to support staff.
Act as an advocate and champion for clients.
Support clinical staff in managing long term conditions.
Organise and facilitate groups and /or individuals to develop self-care skills.
Identify the need for and initiate referrals to internal/external partners, within agreed parameters.
Develop ‘person specific goals’ with individuals, carers and colleagues.
Enable individuals to develop the necessary skills to improve own health and lifestyle.
Contribute to health needs assessment of a defined area of the population.
Undertake risk assessment on a defined patient population in line with relevant guidelines.
Lead on health promotion activities as required.
Undertake clinical tasks, following patient specific direction.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Provide leadership, mentorship and role modelling to support staff within the clinical team.
Participate in individual clinical supervision.
Participate in mentorship and clinical supervision with the team.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation policies and procedures.
Provide information as requested.
Participate in audit as required by the organisation.
Undertake the relevant foundation degree.
Undertake all relevant mandatory training.
Develop and maintain own knowledge and skills through the use of competency frameworks and continuous professional development (CPD) and personal development process (PDP). The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
This advert closes on Thursday 9 Apr 2026
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