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Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Orthopaedics
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Gorffennaf 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £25,147.00 i £27,596.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SE13 6LH |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9197-24-0828 |
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JOB PURPOSE The Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner will work under the supervision of qualified Physiotherapy staff providing assessment and treatment programmes for patients in the hospital setting and as required patient homes. The Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner is able to carry out a full episode of care from assessment to discharge for a specified and designated clinical caseload identified by a qualified clinician. This will include working in a wide variety of settings including ward, gym, outpatients and visiting patients for assessment or discharge in their own homes. The post holder will assist in the administration and clerical duties for the team and department. 7-day working for Therapies is under development within the Trust and the post holder will be required to work at weekends on a roster basis. KEY RELATIONSHIPS INTERNAL INCLUDE: Specialist Physiotherapy Team Leads and Inpatient Physiotherapy Site Lead, Clinical pathway teams, referring clinicians, MDTs, therapy administrative team EXTERNAL INCLUDE: GPs, Community Services, Social services, Local authorities, Voluntary services, DoH Networks. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical 1. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties and to carry a full caseload of patients under the supervision, direct and indirect, of a physiotherapist. 2. To work to departmental standard operating procedures and clinical protocols and in conjunction with the supervising clinician to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and service demands. 3. To be responsible for implementing programmes of care assessing patient progress and using initiative to suggest changes to treatment plans within agreed competencies. When care deviates from standard operating procedures report back to therapist. 4. To work to own competency level and to be accountable for all aspects of own work. This will include the management of clinical risk, clinical governance, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in line with National and Trust clinical guidelines and protocols where they exist. 5. To assess patients capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient. 6. To undertake the assessment and treatment planning from admission to discharge for patients identified within a specific and designated caseload. 7. To undertake physical treatment techniques utilising developed manual skills. 8. To implement individualised clinical management programmes, utilising a range of treatment skills and options to plan a suitable programme of care. 9. To use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of Physiotherapy interventions and ensure that treatment programmes are progressing appropriately. 10. To provide information, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies. To promote understanding of the aims of Physiotherapy and ensure continuation of the treatment programme. 11. To participate in multidisciplinary/multi-agency team meetings and case conferences to ensure the co-ordination of patient care. This may include the review of patient progress and discharge planning. 12. To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with Trust guidance and agreed criteria. 13. To identify and employ suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients where there may be barriers to understanding or the inability to accept diagnosis. To facilitate the best possible communication outcome in every situation and use appropriate services e.g. interpreters, SALT. 14. To ensure that individual practice and that of the local pathway team is user-focused and patient views are incorporated into treatment planning. 15. To employ appropriate skills such as persuasion, motivation and negotiation to gain co-operation in the continuation of the agreed treatment programme. 16. To communicate with empathy, patient information which may be of a complex and sensitive nature. 17. To receive complex patient related information from patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to effectively plan and develop individual case management. 18. To communicate and advise regarding complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working within the Therapy service and with other professionals across health and other agencies to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service. 19. To be integral in discharge planning including liaison with referring hospitals or community staff to which patients are discharged, providing timely discharge reports. 20. To produce patient related reports for other disciplines or agencies relating to assessment findings and/or treatment outcomes. 21. To participate in the measurement and evaluation of own work through audit, outcome measurement and data collection. 22. To follow service policy regarding current clinical and service developments. 23. To be accessible and provide clinical information to colleagues. 24. To fully participate in whatever pattern of working is required by the service in the future. All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent in line with guidance from their professional bodies.