Physical Therapist III – Elegancia Health Care
Job Description
As an autonomous practitioner and key multi-disciplinary team member, they will provide highly specialist, holistic assessment and goal orientated treatment through a patient centred model of care. Utilizing a broad range of physiotherapeutic techniques, they will effectively promote health and well-being and maximize functional recovery, using both a restorative and preventative approach to patient care. They will be expected to enable junior staff members to effectively manage patients and promote knowledge sharing and skill acquisition, through a variety of formal and informal sessions, and peer review activities. They may deputize for the Manager – Rehab and Physiotherapy and should act as an advocate for Physiotherapy Services in all interactions.
Responsibilities
- Provides highly specialist, critically reasoned, and holistic, physiotherapeutic assessments, for inpatients and outpatients, referred with varying complexities of musculoskeletal, orthopedic, neurological or cardio-respiratory presentations, encompassing physical, psychological, emotional, and social aspects.
- Provides goal orientated, evidence based, and clinically reasoned treatment plans alone and in conjunction with an integrated team of physicians, nurses, and other Allied Health Professionals.
- Provides effective and safe patient (and family) education to assist in management of and/or recovery from, injury, illness, or disease.
- Takes an active role within the development of the Rehabilitation service, delivering In-Service training, facilitating/delivering the training and development of non-therapy staff, and sharing knowledge and skills where appropriate.
- Manages own time and caseload with an awareness of limitation of the therapy service and a knowledge of specialist facilities and appropriate referral and provides support to colleagues and direct reports to manage their caseload.
- Demonstrates specialized therapeutic moving and handling skills in the assessment and treatment of clients and gives specialist advice to staff, clients, carers, and family on the correct manual handling techniques, undertaking highly specialized manual handling risk assessments as appropriate.
