Physiotherapist

Job Objective:

To plan, supervise & deliver highest standard of physiotherapy services to patients. Maximizes a patient's functional independence through thorough assessment, treatment planning, treatment implementation and treatment evaluation & communicate assessment and treatment outcomes with the interdisciplinary team through documentation and team meetings.

Job Responsibilities:

1) Continuum of Care

• Ascertain appropriate information regarding the present problem
• Assess the patients current functional status
• Planning all treatment procedures
• Treatment implementation
• Treatment evaluation
• Ensures safe and effective discharge planning for all patients

2) Leadership and Management

• Participates in continuing education to update skills and knowledge in order to provide optimum level of patient care and student supervision.
• Ensures implementation of departmental policies and procedures
• Participates in Departmental and Organizational meetings, other meetings as required
• Actively participate in team activities
• Organizes and implement in-service training sessions for staff, the physiotherapy assistant and volunteers
• Teaches appropriately and supervises physiotherapy students and provide regular feedback and documentation of the clinical placement required

3) Information Management

• Manages and maintains information relevant to physiotherapy services
• Records accurate statistics within the last working day of each pay fortnight or as appropriate
• Notes written in patients records according to Policy and Procedure manual within 24 hours of service
• Adheres to the policies for use of Information Technology
• Supervises the recording of statistics and documentation by the physiotherapy students
• Providing home care program discharge instructions
• Documenting the patient details in register and entering the clinical notes in the HIS.
• Communicating with Consultant regarding the progress of the patient if required.

4) Safe Practice and Environment

• Adheres to safe work practices as per departmental and Medicitys Health Policy and Procedures
• Teaches and maintains safe patient handling practices through skills training of relevant staff and carers
• Be aware of safety/emergency procedures within the department and hospital. Attend annual fire safety & Emergency training, CPR, pool rescue and infection control in services.
• Adheres to infection control policies & procedures
• Organizes appropriate maintenance of Physiotherapy equipment as required
• Creates and maintain a work environment which is safe for staff, patients and visitors

5) Improving Performance

• Pursues actively professional development and implements quality improvement practices
• Ensures continuous Quality Improvement through high quality work practices
• Assists in the implementation of department quality improvement activities
• Active participation in professional ongoing education and review of current literature
• Participates in regular in-service education
• Participates in regular supervision sessions with direct clinical supervisor
• Any other duties given by the Chairman- Institute of Neurosciences