Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated person to join our specialised Brain Injury Rehabilitation team.



You will be working as a Rehabilitation Co Therapist delivering therapy and supporting people with acquired brain injuries to help rebuild their lives, regain their independence and maximise their quality of life.



You will be working within a multidisciplinary team, we will support staff with brain injury training, previous training is not essential. The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit is a 12 bed specialist inpatient unit based at Sid Watkins Building in Aintree, Liverpool.



To contribute to the delivery of a planned programme of care under the direct supervision of the qualified nurse. When outside the unit, and not directly supervised by a qualified nurse but accountable to them for delivery of rehab programme.



To carry out individual rehabilitation programmes as defined by the team, under supervision or direction.



To report general observations and provide feedback to the qualified nurse both verbally and in written formats, if required. The work may include aspects of behavioural management and compiling base line assessment of service users in order to assist in devising or modify care plans. Programmes will be delivered within the philosophy of the Unit addressing cognitive, behavioural, psychological or emotional problems experienced following acquired brain injury.



To carry out physical aspects of rehabilitation under the direction of the

physiotherapist, speech therapist, occupational therapist and/or nurse as

required.



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.



Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.



To provide care and deliver rehabilitation programmes devised by multidisciplinary professionals to a group of individuals who have acquired brain injury. Please refer to job description.