Job responsibilities
1. Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
2. Enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity.
3. Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
4. Supporting the physiotherapy department to cover weekend ward work, weekday ward cover for annual leave and outpatients clinic as required.
1.Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs.
Explain clearly to patients whose needs are being assessed how they can positively contribute to their treatment plan.
Identify peoples health needs by undertaking thorough subjective and objective assessment methods, using full physiotherapy clinical expertise.
Obtain information on patients needs within the overall context of their physiotherapy and care requirements. Follow processes of specific clinical reasoning which allows optimum outcomes to be achieved promoting their return to their chosen activity and assist team in doing so.
Interpret patient data using all of the relevant components to make an accurate clinical diagnosis. Make this information available to appropriate colleagues.
Identify and discuss with colleagues the implication of assessment against the programme of care. Enable them to think through the risks and their effective management and the need for referral to others.
Provide assessment advice and support on current evidence-based practice. This should be done proactively and on request.
2.Develop practice in addressing individuals health and wellbeing needs
Provide highly specialised advice to patients.
Develop plans of care that are appropriate to the patients that take into consideration treatment protocols, risks and their wellbeing. Compare current physiotherapy practice against appropriate benchmarks.
Develop evidence-based practice and be an exemplary role model on a day to day basis and actively participate and lead IST sessions.
Obtain informed consent prior to implementing patients plan of care.
Promote patients rights and wishes explaining to colleagues particular aspects which may be prejudiced during the process.
Enable colleagues to develop their own competence in using different interventions designed to promote recovery and return to full activity.
Transfer and apply knowledge to meet arising needs and issues explaining clearly to colleagues rationale and reasoning processes.
Discuss outcomes with colleagues to enable them to think through and critically evaluate the risks and the effective management of the patients condition. Identify the need for timely referral to others when necessary.
Accurately maintain records of personally generated clinical observations, treatment records and sales and assist team in doing so. This will allow accurate billing, budgetary and stock control within the physiotherapy department.
3.Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information
Identify potential communication differences, relevant contextual factors and the risk of communicating or not communicating information at that time.
Communicate complex information in a manner that is consistent with the level of culture, background and understanding, using patients preferred method. Gain agreement and co-operation for treatment
Proactively use a range of skills and styles of communication with others to improve long term goals.
Promote and model good practice consistent with legislation, Spire Healthcare policies and in accordance with the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy core standards and Professional Code of Conduct.
4.Develop knowledge and practice in own area of work.
Using reflective practice to evaluate own knowledge and clinical expertise. Make effective use of appropriate learning opportunities.
Prepare for and actively take part in Spire Healthcares enabling excellence programme and set personal development objectives and lead the completion of team members.
Maintain a continual professional development portfolio, applying own new learning to the future development of the physiotherapy service.
Encourage others to make realistic self-assessments analysing their application of knowledge and skills. Challenge complacency and actions which are not in the patients or the publics interest.
Contribute to the development of a learning culture within Spire Healthcare.
Alert managers to resource issues which affect learning, development and performance.
Complete annual mandatory training programme.
Complete own competencies and ensure they are completed and adhered to by the team. Develop new competencies where appropriate.
5.Develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security.
Regularly assesses risk to health, safety and security using the results to promote and improve practice.
Ensure that the working environment is as safe as possible and complies with organisational, professional and legal requirements and guidelines.
Take appropriate action when problems arise.
Ensure individuals and team is aware of their rights and responsibilities and knows the factors that may adversely affect health, safety and security.
Ensure individuals and teams are able to access suitable learning opportunity to enable them to work in a healthy, safe and productive way, and are able to voice their concerns without fear of reproach.
Secure appropriate resources for education and training in health and safety.
Support others in managing risk, to improve health, safety and security.
Act as a role model in promoting health, safety and security. Engage in appropriate exercises, training and investigations to update and extend knowledge. Encourage these characteristics within the team.
