Technical Instructor - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
2 weeks ago
Description
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You will need to register if you do not already have an account Patient Care To provide skilled support to the Physiotherapists through ongoing treatment, education and instruction for patients seen in both individual and group settings.
This will include some amendment and progression of treatment programmes in agreement with the Physiotherapist.To provide initial assessment for walking aids.
To work without direct supervision, but with access to a Physiotherapist, reporting back on patient progress and informing the Physiotherapist of any problems or issues.
To assist outpatient physiotherapists in all aspects of patient care, with specific emphasis on exercise, education and mobility programmes, when working with the therapist or independently.
To maintain and demonstrate the required level of clinical competence to ensure safe effective patient care.
To treat patients individually or in a group setting in the Outpatient Department, ensuring that the background administrative duties are complete e.g.
stairs, without direct supervision from a Physiotherapist.
To provide Physiotherapy colleagues and other AHPs, medical and non-medical staff with information regarding the progress of service users to optimise the outcome for each individual.
This could include attendance as the Physiotherapy representative, at Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meeting to present relevant patient information and participate in the clinical decision-making process.
To be responsible for stock monitoring and ordering to support service provision, with budgetary responsibility borne by team and operational leads.
To support delivery of quality standards across clinical sites in liaison with team leads and business support lead.To be responsible for day-to-day maintenance, cleaning and testing of Physiotherapy equipment and Physiotherapy treatment areas, adhering to department and Trust policy, including competence to use equipment.
To immediately remove from service any items of equipment found to be defective, informing senior staff and liaising with other appropriate agencies, e.g.
Medical Engineering.To maintain accurate and legible records of all interventions and advice given to patients, carers or colleagues. Clinical records must comply with legal, professional and Trust Service Standards.
To motivate and provide psychological support, empathy and reassurance to patients and carers using well developed communication and interpersonal skills.
To use a range of effective verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate with patients, relatives and carers who may present barriers to communication to ensure a full understanding of their condition, treatment programme and to gain consent.
To have current knowledge of Physiotherapy guidelines and protocols for a stated caseload and to be able to answer patient and carer queries or to consult with the Physiotherapist when appropriate.
Strategy and Service Development To actively contribute to service development as part of the wider team Financial Resources/Management To be responsible for equipment and stock control Information Resources/Information Systems To undertake occasional clerical duties for the Physiotherapy department.
To participate in the delivery of the Clinical Governance To input into all relevant information systems e.g. SystmOne, NHS Supplies Autonomy/Scope within Role Ability to work independently but within procedural guidelines and under the guidance of the physiotherapistMore jobs from Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
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