Job DescriptionJob description
nJob Objective:
nTo 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.
nJob Responsibilities:
n1) Continuum of Care
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- Ascertain appropriate information regarding the present problemn
- Assess the patients current functional statusn
- Planning all treatment proceduresn
- Treatment implementationn
- Treatment evaluationn
- Ensures secure and effective discharge planning for all patientsn
n2) Leadership and Management
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- Participates in continuing education to update skills and knowledge in order to provide optimum level of patient care and student supervision.n
- Ensures implementation of departmental policies and proceduresn
- Participates in Departmental and Organizational meetings, other meetings as requiredn
- Actively participate in team activitiesn
- Organizes and implement in-service training sessions for staff, the physiotherapy assistant and volunteersn
- Teaches appropriately and supervises physiotherapy students and provide regular feedback and documentation of the clinical placement requiredn
n3) Information Management
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- Manages and maintains information relevant to physiotherapy servicesn
- Records accurate statistics within the last working day of each pay fortnight or as appropriaten
- Notes written in patients records according to Policy and Procedure manual within 24 hours of servicen
- Adheres to the policies for use of Information Technologyn
- Supervises the recording of statistics and documentation by the physiotherapy studentsn
- Providing home care program discharge instructionsn
- Documenting the patient details in register and entering the clinical notes in the HIS.n
- Commu