Physiotherapist

Norwich

£22 per hour

Norwich

Role:Physiotherapist

The role:

Reporting to the Director of Specialist Services, the Physiotherapist will be responsible for assessment and treatment of adults in their own homes during their Reablement journey, the expectation will be to work within Norfolk and Waverly ICB. To provide physiotherapy advice, guidance and information to service users, support workers and health and social service professionals.

Roles & Responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and monitor physiotherapy treatment programmes for Reablement adults within their own homes across all specified areas of Norfolk
To analyse, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and assure effectiveness of the intervention.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work to ensure a high standard of clinical care.
To refer and escalate to other staff and agencies within Cera and key external stakeholders as appropriate.
To assist in relevant aspects of health promotion for service users within the Reablement pathway.
To refer to and recommend the provision of aids to assist the service user to achieve their reablement goals.
To establish effective communication networks with service users, support workers and other team members
Meet company set targets
To be responsible for the effective and efficient organisation of your own time management, prioritisation, workload and the safe use of equipment.
To adhere to Cera's rights based approach, taking into account service user choice.
To take reasonable care for ensuring your own personal health and safety and that of service users and other staff that may be affected by your acts or omissions.

Professional

To comply with and adhere to the Health Professions Council Standards of Professional Conduct, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's Standards of Physiotherapy Practice and Trust and local Policies and Procedures.
To set a high standard of personal practice and encourage others to do likewise and to have a commitment to lifelong learning and development of a relevant CPD portfolio as evidence of this.
To have responsibility towards Safeguarding all customers and staff escalating concerns immediately to the line manager.

To respect the individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of service users and contribute to the provision of and evaluation of a service sensitive to these needs.
To represent the physiotherapy service at meetings and represent Cera�
To continually review and evaluate the evidence base of practice through research or published papers and apply to own practice and implement change to working practices as is appropriate and agreed.
To review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
To actively participate in an annual individual Performance Review and development of a Personal Development Plan to apply acquired skills and knowledge in professional practice.

Other

To maintain the dignity of service users at all times.
To maintain service user confidentiality both on and off duty.
The post holder, in accordance with the demands of the service, may occasionally have to change planned activities in order to respond to an urgent situation or unplanned event
Ability to be flexible to the needs of the service.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential Qualifications