Senior Hand Physiotherapist

• Assess and treat referrals from all sources (GP, A&E, Pain and Hand and upper limb clinics, whether acute or chronic and often with complex hand and upper limb dysfunction
• Assess patients following complex hand trauma, diagnose, set realistic goals for rehabilitation & healing, devise appropriate patient specific treatment programmes, monitor progress and determine the final rehabilitated outcom
• Assess patients using specialist physiotherapy methods based upon the Biopsychosocial model, devise appropriate treatment plans, regularly re-assess and monitor progres
• Maintain a high standard of clinical practice and self-directed CP
• Continually evaluate physiotherapy standards of practice; participate in audit and to help ensure patient management is effective and best practic
• Provide in service training for Physiotherapy colleagues, ensure skills and knowledge is share
• Maintain full and effective clinical records and communications within departmental polic
• Supervise, support, develop and coach staff under post-holder's supervision to ensure they meet the high clinical standards, skills and dexterity required of the
• Gather, analyse and evaluate information to identify relevant problems with patients, carers and colleague
• Teach patients how to manage their condition, engage in home treatment programmes to and effectively limit their activities to protect their condition
• Monitor and manage engagement or non-engagement, communicate patients' progress and monitor the receipt of such communication to Consultants GPs and other parties clearly

Essential

• CPD (Continuing Professional Development) portfolio to provide evidence of evidence based practice
• Completion of core competencies in physiotherapy as an undergraduate and evidence of experiences in variety of Physiotherapy settings