therapy assistant/assistant practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in England is seeking a therapy assistant/assistant practitioner to join their multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will provide care in the community, supporting patients in their homes across Liverpool. This role offers a supportive environment focusing on career development with flexible working patterns. Applicants should have therapy experience and strong motivation to deliver perfect care, as well as a commitment to inclusivity and diversity.

Benefits

Robust support structure

Comprehensive in-service training

Structured career progression

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate how they meet the person specification to be shortlisted for interview.
• All post holders requiring an enhanced DBS must subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care in line with national quality standards.
• Work collaboratively with team and other agencies.
• Support clinical staff in managing long-term conditions.

Skills

Therapy experience

Motivation

Communication

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under‑represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex‑armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

Job Overview

We’re looking for a therapy assistant/assistant practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team across Liverpool. If you’re motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part of this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we’d like to hear from you.

The role involves working across Liverpool community teams (North, Central, South, Care Homes and Falls) on a rotational basis to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings. This will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.

We’re a very supportive team with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and assistant practitioners. We’ll encourage your development whether through training, job shadowing, internal promotion etc.

What we offer

• A robust support structure with regular clinical supervision and performance development review
• A comprehensive in‑service training programme
• Opportunities to support service delivery including audits, in‑service training, etc.
• Peer group support
• An innovative NHS Trust committed to investing in its future and its staff
• Be part of the development of services at the centre of the future direction of healthcare
• Structured career progression, support and opportunities
• Flexible working patterns and a commitment to a good work‑life balance

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within the team and with other agencies to deliver local and national health priorities and objectives.
• Be accountable for own clinical practice.
• Deliver care in line with national quality standards and Trust policy.
• Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role.
• Act as an advocate and champion for clients.
• Support clinical staff in managing long‑term conditions.
• Lead on health promotion activities as required.
• Undertake clinical tasks, following patient‑specific direction.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Participate in individual clinical supervision.
• Participate in audit as required by the organisation.
• Undertake all relevant mandatory training.
• Travel across the Liverpool City Region to deliver care in patients’ homes and community settings.

Requirements

• All post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children’s & Young People services must subscribe to the DBS Update Service, enrolling for a fee of £16 per year.
• Travel across the Liverpool City Region is required.
• Applicants must demonstrate how they meet the person specification to be shortlisted for interview.
• The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and offers a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves disabled and meet the essential criteria.
• Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
• Applicants requiring sponsorship should assess the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship on the gov.uk website.

About Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and 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, 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 are 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.