Therapist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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0.6 WTE Wheelchairs/Postural Seating Therapist

Applications are invited from experienced Physiotherapists / Occupational Therapists who are looking to develop specialist skills in the assessment and provision of Wheelchair/Postural Seating services.

Note:
the service may choose to employ either a physiotherapist or an occupational therapist.

Referrals into the service are accepted for clients of all ages, children and adults, with a broad range of mobility problems/medical conditions.

The majority of clients are seen in clinics held at the Prosthetic and Wheelchair Centre; however they may also be assessed in various community settings according to their individual needs.

Multi-disciplinary working is integral in practice.

To independently assess and treat routine and complex patients, within the designated specialist clinical area, putting into practice clinical reasoning and clinical skills with the guidance of the Advanced Practitioner or Band 7 Physiotherapist.

To take responsibility for junior members of staff and delegate duties as necessary, providing appropriate levels of support at all times.

Assist in the delivery of specified areas of service provision and development as appropriate with the guidance of the Advanced Practitioner or Band 7 Physiotherapist.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Therapists in the team are part of the integrated Therapies Care Group Service which provides opportunities to be involved in service development, leadership and management within the wider therapies team.