Designation: Physiotherapist
Experience: 0 to 1 Year.
Qualification: MPT in Sport.
Location: Andheri
- JOB PURPOSE:
To perform the Physiotherapy procedures as per the Rehabilitation Plan prepared as per the departmental protocols and to ensure comprehensive patient care.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Act independently to asses, analyze and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention within specialist areas.
Act independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat, and progress patient care to maximize rehabilitation potential within specialist area.
Manage caseload of patients effectively and efficiently, undertaking predominantly complex cases.
Maintain patient documentation, records and accurate statistical information to reflect care provided and meet qualified standards.
Communicate and make recommendations to all relevant disciplines of staff to maximize patient care and promote multidisciplinary working.
Develop,
implement and maintain appropriate clinical guidelines ensuring clinical effectiveness to optimize patient care.
Work independently to provide physiotherapy on-call care to support delivery of the 24-hour service to acutely ill patients.
Support the HOD to develop a specialist physiotherapy service to maximize patient care and use of resources.
Undertake clinical audit to support the physiotherapy service and clinical governance strategy.
Use a range of techniques to strengthen and stretch muscles and joints to improve patient mobility (such as massage, hydrotherapy, breathing and relaxation technique).
Performing spinal and peripheral joint mobilization and manipulation.
Uses equipment such as heat packs, exercise equipment, ice packs, ultrasound and electrotherapy to ease pain, reduce swelling and improve range movement.
Retrain patients to walk or to use device such as walking frames, splints, crutches and wheelchairs.