Band 5 Physiotherapist in Harlow

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake a comprehensive assessment and formulate a diagnosis of patients who may have complex conditions including multi pathology.

Use well developed clinical reasoning to select appropriate assessment techniques that lead you to determine a clinical diagnosis of the patient’s needs.

This will involve seeking and sharing personal and potentially sensitive information with the patient.

To analyse the information gained from the assessment to formulate an accurate prognosis for the patient and then discuss and agree goals and outcomes for treatment with them.

To set realistic timescales for achieving these, often in conjunction with the aims and goals of the MDT.

To ensure the patient understands and agrees to the treatment plan giving consent to it.

This will involve negotiation and motivation skills To select appropriate treatment techniques from a wide range of specialist skills available and past experience.

This could include therapeutic handling, electrotherapy, manual techniques (including respiratory), patient education, exercise groups, use of appliances, etc.

The selection of techniques will be based on both theoretical and practical knowledge and evaluated past experience.

To demonstrate the physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions, including manual physiotherapy techniques, therapeutic handling and the use of specialist equipment.

To be personally responsible for all aspects of safety relating to equipment used.

To be responsible for checking and/or teaching competency of more Junior Physiotherapists and non-qualified staff (including non –physiotherapy staff as necessary) in using equipment e. g. appliances, gym equipment, electrotherapy items etc.

To produce clear written information and exercise programmes for patients to follow at home or when not with a Physiotherapist.

To use developed clinical reasoning skills to review and evaluate patient progress and their current condition at each treatment session and to amend the treatment programme as appropriate to achieve agreed goals.

To plan and undertake discharge of patients from Physiotherapy when agreed goals have been reached or treatment is no longer appropriate (e. g. the patient has reached a plateau or there is a change in their medical circumstances).

To be able to negotiate this with patients who wish to continue treatment on an ongoing basis.

To be able to correctly identify inappropriate referrals to Physiotherapy and have the confidence to refer on or back as required.

To produce timely and accurate patient’s records and reports in accordance with Health Professions Council and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy regulations.

To work unsupervised without the support of Physiotherapy colleagues, to provide emergency evening, night, bank holiday and weekend Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for critically ill inpatients at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

This includes the provision of specialist Physiotherapeutic advice to health colleagues.

This also includes participating in a 7 day service.

Please see attached job description and personal specification for further information.

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