Inpatient Band 6 Physiotherapist

Providing specialist physiotherapy assessment, management and treatment to inpatients on older peoples ward. Specialising in dementia care. Located in Liverpool.

The post holder will assess and analyse clinical and non-clinical factors and be responsible for providing physiotherapy intervention for Adults (mostly Older Adults) who have complex physical, psychological and mental health needs using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and record all interventions.

The post holder will provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment for service users with mental health problems as part of local inpatient services. To provide physiotherapy advice, guidance and information to service users, carers and health and social service professionals.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Robin Morley Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01704 383657