Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist - Manchester, United Kingdom - NHS Professionals

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Manchester, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Job Title:

  • Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational)

Professionally/ Managerially Responsible to:
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Senior Specialist Physiotherapist

Ultimately Accountable to - AHP Team Manager/Advanced Physiotherapist (Clinical Lead)Therapy Service Manager

Ward/Department:

  • Allied Health Professions

Base:

  • MRI /Community

Job Summary

  • The post holder will provide an efficient and high quality specialised physiotherapy service for patients throughout a wide range of specialist areas rotating between specialties every 6 to 8 months.
  • As an experienced autonomous practitioner they will assess, diagnose and treat patients on their own case load of inpatients and/or outpatients/community patients in individualand group settings.
  • Post holder will supervise recently qualified physiotherapists, assistants and students.
  • Participate in Continuing Professional Development, clinical audit and in service training.
  • Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standards.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

Clinical

  • Tocompetently carry out full consultations with patients in order to establish base line data.
  • To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multipathologies in order to identify their problems and needs and ensure that patient's medical, psychological, social environmental and culturalfactors are taken into account.
  • Using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques:
  • Identify the problem/diagnose
  • Set appropriate treatment aims and objectives in negotiation with the patient.
  • Competently plan and carry out realistic programmes of treatment from a range of specialised therapeutic options for each patient using evidence based practice.
  • Relate findings to presenting pathology
  • To be able to give appropriate advice to ensure patients understanding, cooperation, compliance and consent.
  • To be able to adapt style of communication if the patient has communication cognitive or other problems that may create a barrier to communication affecting ultimate treatment outcomes.
  • To facilitate safe and timely patient discharge and to determine outcome of physiotherapy management of the patient.
  • To plan and prioritise own workload and that of more junior staff.
  • To appropriately select patients for inclusion on the weekend treatment list and guide junior staff in this process as appropriate
  • Access advice and support from more senior therapists as required as part of training and Continuing Professional Development.
  • To communicate complex conditions related information to clients, carers, other family members, members of the multidisciplinary team and other professions and agencies.
  • To monitor and review physiotherapy care plans against outcome measures and adjust care plans to facilitate achievement of goals.
  • To organise and attend patient related meetings as appropriate e.g. case conferences, ward rounds and discharge planning meetings and patient review meetings, ensuring effective communication of the patients physiotherapy needs thus ensuring a well coordinatedand comprehensive care plan.
  • To participate in the weekend and /or emergency on call rota for adults and paediatric patients as necessary.
  • To be competent and maintain competency in treating patients on an individual basis as well as in a group/ class setting.
  • Once qualified in acupuncture to be competent in treating patients with acupuncture.
  • Within rehabilitation service to be the key worker for individual patients, acting as a main point of contact and information giver for the patient, their family and carers, coordinating delivery of care plan including organisation and leading goal settingmeetings, case conferences and complex discharge planning, often involving agencies outside of the Trust where applicable.
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