Assistant Practitioner

Knowsley Falls and Fracture Prevention Service are looking for an enthusiastic hard working Therapy Assistant to join our fantastic team, on a fixed term contract or secondment basis.

The role would be suitable for an existing Assistant Practitioner with an interest in Falls Prevention.

The role involves working closely with the Falls Physio and the Exercise team lead, to provide support to residents across Knowsley in a Community or clinic setting. Identifying interventions to promote patients well being and functional independence, to reduce the risk of Falls.

We are a very supportive and welcoming team made up of Nurses, a Pharmacist, a Physio, Falls Assessors and an Exercise Lead.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide assessment and provision of equipment and walking aids to clients who have been identified to have a risk of falls, under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.

They will work closely with the Falls Physio and Exercise lead to improve patient safety, promote independence, by providing assessment and review to help patients achieve their mobility goals whilst reducing the risk of falls

The successful candidate will be forward thinking who will add to the team's dynamic approach and be committed to their own continuing professional development. An effective team player with excellent organisational and communication skills is required to work in a busy service.

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.