To be professional, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care to outpatient, inpatient and hydrotherapy patients under your management.
To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients and to formulate effective, clinically reasoned treatment plans.
To carry out timely assessment and treatment of a mixed caseload of out/inpatients and to facilitate safe discharge home from the hospital.
To be competent in using a wide variety of assessment techniques and skills.
To assess patients? needs for any rehabilitative equipment and aids to improve safety and functioning within the home.
To train patients, cares, and family members on the use of any equipment issued.
To be accountable to the Head of the Department and communicate regularly through informal teaching and supervision sessions.
To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and service requirement.
To be accountable to the Physiotherapy Manager and communicate regularly through informal teaching and supervision sessions.
To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and service requirements, with the support of the outpatient/Inpatient Physiotherapist and Physiotherapy head.
To participate in the Monthly Rota system.
To maintain and demonstrate your own clinical professional development by keeping up to date with new treatment plans.ÿ
