We are looking for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a special interest and extensive experience in neuro rehabilitation to join our Liverpool Community Neuro Rehab Team.
Our team is a specialist integrated team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, working together to provide intervention for adults in the community setting covering the Liverpool footprint.
If you’re passionate in helping patients living with neurological conditions, this is an exciting opportunity to support them to maximise independence, function and quality of life within their own homes.
We would encourage applications from individuals who share our commitment to delivering outstanding patient care.
Assess, plan and implement individualised programmes of care within the skills and competencies expected of the role
Work collaboratively within the team and with other providers to deliver local and national health priorities and objectives
Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with national quality and standards and Trust policies.
Actively support work colleagues and patients with compassion and courage acting as at their advocate and champion
Be accountable for own clinical practice
Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role
Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of commination to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communication
Lead on health promotion
Support clinical staff in managing long term conditions
Participate in supervisions, development sessions, undertake all relevant mandatory training
Participate in audits as required by the organisation
Travel across the footprint of the organisation
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
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.
