Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Practitioner - Neuro Rehabilitation
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Therapy Assistant Practitioner in Neuro Rehabilitation
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.
About Us
We would encourage applications from individuals who share our commitment to delivering outstanding patient care.
Responsibilities
- 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 communication 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
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About Mersey Care
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.
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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
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Rachael Lighbody
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Job title: Neuro Team Lead - Highly Specialised Physiotherapist
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Email address: Rachael.Lightbody@mersecare.nhs.uk
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Name: Emily McCullough
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Job title: Neuro Team Lead - Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist
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Email address: Emily.McCullough@merseycare.nhs.uk
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