Assistant Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

ICRAS (Integrated Reablement and Assessment Service) is a unique service providing a rapid responsive approach to support admission avoidance and early hospital discharges.

We're looking for therapy assistants/assistant practitioners to join our multidisciplinary teams across Liverpool and South Sefton.

If you're motivated, with a therapy experience, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we'd like to hear from you.

The role can involve working across ICRAS supporting our rehabilitation hubs and community, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career.

If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.

We're a very supportive team with senior nurses, pharmacist, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrist, therapy and health practitioner assistants and advanced clinical practitioners.

Work collaboratively within the team and with other agencies to deliver therapeutic interventions to promote patients well being and functional independence.

Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role.

Be accountable for own clinical practice and personal development.

Deliver care in line with national quality standards and Trust policy.

Act as an advocate and champion for clients.

Lead on health promotion activities as required.

Undertake clinical tasks, following patient specific direction.

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 communicating.

Participate in individual clinical supervision and appraisal.

Support the delivery/completion of audits within the team.

Undertake all relevant mandatory training.

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.

We'll encourage your development whether through training, job shadowing, internal promotion etc.

What we offer

A robust support structure with regular clinical supervision and performance development review

A comprehensive monthly in-service training programme

Opportunities to support service delivery including audits, in-service training, etc.

Monthly peer group support

An innovative NHS Trust that's committed to investing in its future and its staff

Be part of the development of services at the centre of the future direction of healthcare

Structured career progression, support and opportunities

Flexible working patterns and our commitment to a good work life balance.