Specialist Physiotherapist

Adult rehabilitation and crisis management to community based patient population. To be an autonomous practitioner with the freedom to act to be personally, professionally and legally accountable for the services you provide to patients in your care and for those of any Assistant Practitioners, Care Support workers and Students under your supervision To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and sometimes highly complex physical conditions; to provide a diagnosis, develop, and deliver individualised treatment programme To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. To be operationally managed on a day to day basis by your designated clinical lead, and will receive formal supervision from a B7 therapist either within group or individual sessions. To be supported by the designated Clinical Lead to carry out your duties via informal
supervision and guidance on an as needs basis, dependant on your level of experience and complexity of patients under your care. To work within established Service / Trust policies and procedures and contribute / propose changes for the development of operational procedures / working practices relevant to the team and services it provides. To be responsible for providing formal clinical supervision and support to lesser experienced therapists, plus Assistant Practitioners and Care support workers. This includes personal and professional development, including appraisal as well as support for case management beyond their level of knowledge and experience. Informal support will also be given on a day to day basis to assist with caseload management. To provide supervision, education and assessment of therapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standard set by the degree level
qualification To undertake evidence based audit to further own and teams clinical practice within the specialism. To make recommendations to the Clinical Lead of service that may lead to implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols