Clinical Equipment Advisor - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Merseycare are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking Band 6 Clinical Equipment Advisor to join their innovative and dynamic Equipment Advisory Service (EAS).

This position could be suitable for a nurse, physiotherapist or occupational therapist with the right level of experience.


Your key role would be to support active prescribers with complex assessments (adults and children), for safe and suitable community equipment provision.

You will empower prescribers by sharing your knowledge and skills, in relation to assessment and provision of community equipment. You would also be required to form part of the specialist equipment panel and market research. As well as being involved in quality improvement projects, training and innovative practice.

Ongoing training in relation to assessment skills and equipment available will be provided.


PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload. They will be responsible for the continuity of care and be the lead person for communication to identified stakeholders.

The primary function of the role is to provide proactive, responsive services that address the anticipatory and maintenance care needs of the patients/clients held on their caseload.


This will be done via a holistic assessment of care needs and the provision of clinical care for patients/clients with acute and chronic highly complex needs.

Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making. Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the team leader.

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 11 million people.


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.


  • Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload.
  • Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.
  • Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence based practice.
  • Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission. Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, life style advice and health care.
  • Ensure that the team provides a high quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
  • In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
  • Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriate. Maintain registration in line with professional bodies. Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team.
  • Support the team leader in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.
  • Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.
  • Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.
  • Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.
  • Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.
  • Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the team
  • Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.
  • Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.
  • In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.
  • Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services an
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