Physiotherapist

Job Description

· To be an autonomous practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of professional and clinical work. · To be able to work independently with the freedom to take decisions about the patients management and discharge, but with the support of clinical lead available when appropriate for the management of complex patients, or if advice is necessary on workload and problem patients in a specialised unit. It would be expected that the physiotherapist would recognise their own limitations and actively seek advice when necessary. · To undertake assessments and treatments of patients effectively and efficiently using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques in a wide variety of settings with a wide variety of patients and conditions. · To use a high level of analytical skills developed with one’s own experience and learning, to assess, treat and produce a physiotherapy diagnosis, using information from the patient, carers, hospital notes, physical assessment techniques, visual analysis and occasionally conflicting elements from different sources. · To carry out effective treatment plans and interventions independently developed by self, based on knowledge of treatment skills such as manual therapy techniques, electrotherapy, patient education and other alternative options, with support available from a senior physiotherapist for complex or problem patients. · Formulate prognosis and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans within a wide variety of settings and specialities, with support available from a senior physiotherapist for complex or problem patients · To have the analytical skills, experience and knowledge to recognise other problems presented by the patient. This may require referring patients to other services for the appropriate intervention, with support when appropriate from a senior physiotherapist for patients with complex problems or needs. · To work effectively with staff from other disciplines in the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care pathways are followed to the benefit of the patient in a seamless and timely manner. · To work with a holistic approach to patient care, being able to draw on own experience and learning to most effectively decide on the best management of each patient. · Continually develop knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning to a high-level during rotations to ensure that a high standard of practice is maintained and transferable across clinical areas and specialties. · To manage clinical risk within own clinical workload · To participate in “rosters and six day working” within a team · When working on emergency duty on-call rota, undertake the assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients with respiratory problems, who may have a complex presentation and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner · To support senior staff in and as required. · To attend multi-disciplinary meetings and be able to discuss patient care, patient progress and be involved in discharge planning · To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all electrotherapy equipment, gym equipment and patient appliances and aids. To also ensure that assistants attain competency prior to using these appliances · To effectively use IT skills when developing exercise programmes and advice leaflets for patients, including the efficient use of programmes such as “Physio tools”, · Microsoft word and excel, and the use of Microsoft power point for teaching and presentations. · Work within clinical guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality of practice. · To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive problem orientated medical records (POMR) in line with legal and departmental standards for record keeping · Have complete responsibility for the organisation and planning and prioritisation of own diary and workload to meet service and patient priorities, being flexible enough to be able to cover absences planned and unplanned of physiotherapy colleagues, so effective patient management is maintained · To effectively manage own time in such a way that all activities, projects and duties are done in a timely and efficient manner. · To be effective in administration and clerical tasks such as booking patient appointments, photocopying, answering phones and message taking, organising interpreters, filing and recalling patient notes and x-rays, and any other routine administrative tasks that need doing on a daily basis. Be part of the induction programme for new staff and be able to effectively introduce new staff to the specialist area in which you are working. Job Type: Permanent Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month Benefits: Leave encashment Paid sick time Paid time off Provident Fund Schedule: Day shift Fixed shift Morning shift Work Location: In person