Wheelchair Service Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

The successful candidate will provide assessment and provision of wheelchairs and pressure management to clients of all ages with a wide variety of medical conditions across the diverse city of Liverpool.

We are an innovative service with a goal of providing a high quality service to our patients to achieve their mobility goals and enable their independence. We are looking for a forward thinking Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist 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.

We are a friendly, supportive and proactive team looking to provide the best experience and service provision possible for our patients.

The service works collaboratively with many other services around Liverpool and are always open to new ways of working together to ensure safe and effective equipment is provided in a timely manner. The service has a fleet of vans to support the timely provision of wheelchairs in the community.

Liverpool Wheelchair Service will provide relevant training necessary to enable you to have the skills and knowledge to provide the high quality service we aim for. There will be plenty of opportunities to gain experience in this specialist area of practice, through shadowing and learning from others.

The candidate will need to be enthusiastic, hardworking, and a great team player with an organised and flexible approach as well as excellent communication skills. The role involves working in clinic and within the community in the assessment, prescription and provision of wheelchairs and pressure care. This will include specialist buggies, powered wheelchairs and manual wheelchairs.You will have the opportunity to develop your specialist knowledge and skills within 24-hour posture and pressure management.

Previous wheelchair service experience is not required. The successful candidate will be provided with appropriate support and training to work towards their wheelchair service competencies. The position could be suitable for an existing experienced band 5 Occupational therapist/ Physiotherapist with at least 18 months experience working at that level within the NHS.

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.