Physiotherapist - UAEn

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work and to ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under own care and support other team members to do likewise.
- To undertake a comprehensive, highly specialist physiotherapy assessment of patients including those with the most complex presentation, using advanced investigative and analytical skills.
- To select appropriate treatment techniques, this may include facilitation of normal movement, therapeutic handling, gait re-education, chest physiotherapy, etc.
- To use advanced clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate individual management and specialist treatment plans, in agreement with the patient where appropriate.
- To review and evaluate patient’s condition at each physiotherapy session and to amend the treatment programme as necessary to achieve planned objectives.
- To work with members of the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure optimal outcomes for the patient.
- To consolidate and maintain highly specialist skills in relation to assessment and treatment of specialty area.
- To provide advice, teaching and instruction to patient, relatives and carers regarding their medical management and care needs to ensure a consistent approach to patient care, whilst promoting understanding of the aims of physiotherapy.
- To communicate effectively with patients and carers, whilst addressing cultural, religious and language barriers, to maximise rehabilitation potential, to ensure understanding of condition and address anxieties and concerns. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients.
- Work as a flexible member of the rehab team, communicating effectively with others.

**Teamwork**
- Demonstrates understanding of team processes
- Understand the importance of a multidisciplinary approach and effective communication between team members
- Contributes appropriately in team meetings
- Acknowledges expertise and role of other health care professionals and refers/liaises as appropriate to access relevant services
- Advocates for the patient when dealing with other services - Collaborates with the health care team (MDT) and patient and to achieve optimal outcomes
- Works collaboratively and respectfully with support staff

**Communication**

To communicate effectively and collaboratively with nursing, medical colleagues and the voluntary/independent services across health and social care sectors to ensure a delivery of a coordinated multi-disciplinary service. This will include case conferences, handovers and documentation in the medical records.To provide highly specialist advice and support to all team members in own clinical area, and members of the multi-disciplinary. **Professional**
- To work as an autonomous professional according to the standards of DOH.
- To meet the regulations of the DOH and fulfill the requirements for physiotherapy registration.
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of letters and reports.

To maintain continuing professional development (CPD) by:

- Keeping up-to-date with developments to ensure that own practice and that of the team is based on best available evidence.
- Being an active member of the in-service training programme by the attendance and presentation at staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions, external courses and reflective practice
- Informal/formal supervision with Team Lead and/or Senior Manager
- To assist with the facilitation of the team’s continued professional development (both uni-professionally and as an integrated physiotherapy and occupational therapy team).
- Participate in the staff appraisal scheme and identify objectives for personal development with the Team Lead and/or Senior Manager. To write learning contracts to achieve agreed goals seeking support if necessary.
- To be pro-active in seeking supervision to support clinical/management/professional issues from the Team Lead.
- To facilitate and support the identification, measurement and evaluation of your work and team’s current practice through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures.
- Make recommendations to team and personal practice.

**Administrative/Organisational**

To efficiently and effectively manage designated case load with regard to clinical responsibilities and use of time
- To attend mandatory training sessions, including annual fire and safety lectures, Basic Life Support and safe patient manual handling training.
- To ensure/manage health and safety aspects within the workplace and abide by policies, including the prompt reporting and documentation of incidents and accidents.
- To be responsible f