Highly Specialist Physiotherapist / Operational Team Lead

Liverpool Community Neuro Rehab Team is a specialist Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Team working together to provide intervention to adults (18+) in appropriate community settings. The team aims to deliver holistic, patient centred, evidence-based therapy intervention and maximise independence of our patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist with a special interest and extensive experience in neuro rehabilitation to join the Liverpool team.

The successful applicant will provide the team with highly specialist professional neuro rehab expertise, excellent supervision skills and support to junior staff / students. The post holder will be actively involved in the training and teaching and promoting research within team.

The post holder will also be expected to manage the daily operation of the Neuro Therapy as a Physiotherapy Team Leader ensuring that it adheres to the service specification, KPIs and agreed pathways in conjunction with an OT Neuro Team Leader. The successful candidate will work within the wider Community Physiotherapy service and their Team Leads to effectively manage personnel, monitor staff performance and assist with the recruitment process.

There will also be an expectation to carry a limited clinical caseload.

This role will require the applicant to work at different locations within Liverpool Place footprint.

The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service. The post holder will be required to provide clinical / professional leadership and operational leadership to the team whilst supporting a clinical caseload.

The primary functions of the role are to provide clinical leadership and communication to and for the team, ensuring the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients/clients as well as carrying a clinical caseload.

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.

Provide clinical leadership and management to the clinical team.

Be responsible for the delivery of the Community neuro service within the area.

Work in partnership with other services/stakeholders etc., to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting.

Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service to its clients by providing clinical supervision.

Have full clinical management responsibility for the team ensuring appropriate delegation and delivery of patients/client care.

Ensure that teams work proactively to deliver a responsive service to patients/clients both in clinic and domiciliary settings

Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment.

Acts as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.

Implement plans for the team to ensure business continuity.

Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making.

Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the team when managing complex and highly complex situations.

Work in collaboration with other stakeholders to deliver services to patients/clients.

Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs.

Work in collaboration with others to support practice development and service modernisation.

Contribute to the development of role and service redesign.

Actively participate in policy and service development authoring protocols as required.

Provide induction to the local working environment, and policies for new team members and students.

Be an authorised signatory, ensuring probity in the authorisation of timecards and mileage claims.

Monitor budgets reporting over/under spending to the budget holder.

Undertake personal development plans (PDP) and ensure all team members receive clinical supervision

Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect local needs

Have up to date PDPs, monitor Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and reviews.

Ensure that all staff attend mandatory training.

Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.

Participate in audits and research, as required.

Participate in individual and group supervision.

Implement mentorship and clinical supervision with the team.

Ensure that record keeping within the team is consistent with professional standards.

Initiate training and development of team members. Monitor and maintain standards of patient care delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and standards of record keeping

In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.

Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service lead.

Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support or undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead.

Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, using audit, caseload and clinical supervision.

Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.

Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.

Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students.

Identify skills deficits within the team identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development.

The post holder shall as necessarily provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation

Set objectives by which performance will be monitored.

Work with the service lead to deliver local based services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to staff.

Provide reports to the service lead on staff and patient activity as requested.

• Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience
• Experience of management and clinical leadership
• Experience of successful multi-agency working
• Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
• Understanding how other agencies work
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy

• Degree or equivalent qualification
• Appropriate prescriber if required within the role
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses
• Registration with relevant professional body

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

• Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
• Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
• IT literate
• Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to understand and analyse complex data
• Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
• Self-management and motivation skills
• Report writing skills
• Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.