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 Leaderensuring 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.