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You will be joining a friendly, hard-working, motivated and enthusiastic team.
You will be required to work as an active part of The Multi-Disciplinary Team within North Sefton Planned Therapy Service, accepting clinical responsibility for a manageable caseload, under the supervision of a qualified therapist, where appropriate. Cases will be allocated following triage by a registered therapist and the post holder will be responsible for the initial assessment, prescription and implementation of specific therapeutic interventions. The post holder will also support registered therapists with specific therapeutic interventions, developing their skills and knowledge within each clinical area.
There are a range of formal and informal training opportunities and a number of apprenticeship opportunities within the organisation each year for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, which may interest those who wish to progress their career in this way
You will take responsibility for a designated caseload as an autonomous practitioner assessing for simple equipment or straight-forward rehabilitation needs, identifying risks and escalating concerns according to local and national policies and procedures.
You will be expected to work in an innovative way to support the smooth running of the Service and to be accountable for your own clinical practice. You will provide a high standard of clinical care for individuals and groups within a defined area of the population under the supervision of a registered practitioner. You will liaise with other agencies to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of the identified client group as appropriate.
You will maintain, develop and evidence your clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities and act within the standards, protocols and guidelines for the delivery of care. You will ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes
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: Ruth Brookes/Katie Williams Job title: Clinical Lead Therapist Email address: ruth.brookes@merseycare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01704 387262
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