Physiotherapy Lead

Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Lead (Acute Intervention) - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Liverpool Hospital site - Permanent/Full Time (37.5 hours)

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) has teams of experienced and highly skilled AHP staff working in a wide range of acute specialty areas. They are an integral part of the MDT, providing for the acute therapy needs of patients and supporting their safe early transition out of the acute Trust.

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Acute Medicine Therapy Team based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Specialities include Gerontology, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Clinical Pharmacology, Nephrology and Renal Transplant, Diabetic Medicine, Haematology and Palliative Care. In these settings, physiotherapists have a key role in high level clinical reasoning, risk identification and problem solving to enable patients to maintain their independence and to work collaboratively with other members of the MDT to support patient discharge at the earliest safe opportunity.

We wish to recruit a highly skilled clinician who has a clear understanding of the developing role of the physiotherapist in the acute setting; delivering innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an effective member of the wider team as well as with other external agencies. The post holder will have significant experience working with adults with complex presentations, particularly those with multiple co-morbidities.

This role demands extensive post graduate knowledge and experience, therefore the post holder must be highly competent in the triage, assessment and management of a wide range of acute medical conditions and presentations.

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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To be responsible for leading a team that provides specialist assessment and treatment for medical patients, ensuring appropriate pathways of care are in place.
To co-ordinate a physiotherapy team, working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies, to provide a quality service that meets the needs of patients and their families.
To manage, train and supervise Band 5 and 6 physiotherapists, students, therapy assistants, work experience students under the guidance of Advanced Practitioners and Clinical Lead Therapy Managers.
Key responsibilities
Clinical
As an autonomous practitioner, to undertake assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies, using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to clinically diagnose and implement evidence based treatment plans
Deliver and evaluate treatment programmes according to health care needs using a comprehensive range of treatment options in a variety of settings.
To manage clinical caseloads and prioritise referrals as appropriate.
To advise, support and educate other therapy and nursing staff and student physiotherapists on the optimal management of clinically complex patients.
To take part in the Departmental Emergency On-Call Rota (optional).
To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken.
To work closely with consultants and other members of the rehabilitation team
To develop a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service and to actively participate in scheduled Team Meetings as required.
To ensure effective communication with patients, carers and all other Health and Social Care Professionals regarding all aspects of patient care. This will include patients who will have difficulties in understanding and communication.
To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where there may be barriers to understanding.
To attend case conferences/best interest meetings and ward rounds, working with medical colleagues, discussing and advising on patient management.
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