Specialist Physiotherapist Rotational | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Physiotherapist to join our surgical rotations. At present the role consists of In-patient Orthopaedic Therapy and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients, with the view to expanding these in future. The rotations are currently 6 months giving the candidate the chance to successfully embed within the teams and gain in-depth knowledge of the patient caseloads. The ideal candidate will have an interest in musculoskeletal and acute orthopaedic rehabilitation. The musculoskeletal rotation will give an opportunity to provide services to pain clinic through acupuncture sessions and the ENT team undertaking vestibular assessments within our out-patient department. There is also opportunity to work in fracture clinics (incl virtual) and the gym facility, running classes. The Orthopaedic rotation will provide the opportunity to work within outreach and to work ward based on trauma, elective, #NOF and paediatrics. Orthopaedic therapy provides a seven day service and late cover for the day ward at St Helens hospital. This will involve participation in some weekend and late shift working. The trust is committed to staff professional development, offering clinical supervision from the band 7 within this clinical area. The provision of Clinical education for students from surrounding universities will be expected. A flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service. We will offer a supportive and friendly environment and welcome innovative ideas. Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for a person who is willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, hardworking and motivatedwith clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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. Our services: Acute 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:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme