Rotational Senior Physiotherapist

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Physiotherapist to join our team of AHPs at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on a permanent basis. As a Senior Physiotherapist you will rotate across both of our hospital sites at Southport District General Hospital and Ormskirk District General Hospital in addition to opportunities for service development involvement. This position provides a broad spectrum of rotations and learning opportunities to consolidate skills. We offer rotations in the the following services

• Medicine & Surgery
• Discharge to Assess Therapy led unit
• North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre
• Stroke
• Elective Orthopaedics
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Accident & Emergency
• MSK
This role will include weekend working and participation in the on-call respiratory service.,
• The successful post holder can expect to receive structured supervision and support, with opportunities for further training and education.
• An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of the Children and Adults' Barred Lists is required for this position.
• To assess and treat patients within the ward or Community setting.
• To assist Clinical Therapy Manager/Team Leader in service development and the provision of a quality service.
• To take responsibility for junior members of staff and delegate duties as necessary, providing appropriate level of support at all times.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements: o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme