Highly Specialist Physiotherapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 September 2025 |
| Location: | Litherland, L219JN |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7394011/350-CC7394011 |
Summary
This is an opportunity to work In the Planned Therapy Team - Sefton Place as a part time basis for fixed term.
We cater to a diverse population for Physiotherapy, occupational therapy and falls.
The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population, promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery. The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a specialist and complex 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 be responsible for the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy Services within a designated area/team.
The post holder will 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 of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
Postholders will work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.
Provide expert clinical leadership within your area of specialism and the implementation of best practice/evidenced-based interventions.
Undertake timely, holistic assessments of patients, involving functional and environmental factors.
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in delivery and interpretation of outcome measures and other specific assessment tools.
Undertake assessments autonomously as well as working with other members of the MDT.
Provide comprehensive assessments and intervention to patients making use of education and treatment facilities where appropriate.
To be able to make rapid decisions where required, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge and experience, with support as appropriate.
Work with clinical colleagues and teams to deliver an optimal service within your specialism.
Attend where appropriate relevant meetings linked to your service.
Be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multidisciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
Monitor a person’s progress and adapt treatment plans and intervention / recommendations as appropriate, using outcome measures and reflective practice.
To keep accurate up-to-date records on patient care and equipment provision, which comply with quality standards of Trust / Professional / Service policies, meet legal requirements and that can be shared with colleagues and carers when appropriate.
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.
The post holder will operate within the principles of continuous quality improvement and review, implement and monitor adherence to the Trusts Strategic Objectives.
The post holder will also monitor and critically analyse relevant data to help support and implement change.
The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population, promote effective
teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a specialist and complex 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 be responsible for the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy Services within a designated area/team.
The post holder will 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 of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
Postholders will work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.
To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Chartered society of Physiotherapy (CSP) guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own practice against these
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025