Amir Akram

I am an enthusiastic, confident, self-motivated individual who works well under pressure as well as to targets. I always strive to achieve a very high standard in whatever task is undertaken. I thrive on facing difficult challenges, testing the limits of my knowledge and developing from facing challenges in mixed environments. I am always willing to learn and acquire new skills and I am passionate about making a real difference in the work I do.

Director - Nationwide Rehab MSK

(2023-09)

Private Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy clinic set up

• Assessing and treating self funded patients
• Wide variety of treatment modalities
• Set up to continue professional development within MSK

Band 6 Physiotherapist Community - Powys Teaching Health Board

(2024-10 - 2026-02)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment regimes
• Setting client short and long term goals
• Falls assessments
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Band 6 Physiotherapist Community - Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust

(2024-02 - 2024-08)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment regimes
• Setting client short and long term goals
• Falls assessments
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Band 6 Physiotherapist in Early Intervention Team

(2024-01 - 2024-02)

• Worked as an autonomous practitioner and delivered assessments in emergency setting
• Assessing patients in community after crisis referral
• Maintained up to date physiotherapy records
• Delivered evidence based care

Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist - Ascenti York

(2023-09 - 2024-12)

• Worked as an autonomous practitioner and delivered musculoskeletal assessments and treatment plans
• Liaised with medico legal companies and multidisciplinary team
• Used a wide variety of physiotherapy skills including manual therapy techniques self management advice and therapeutic handling
• Maintained up to date physiotherapy records
• Delivered evidence based care

Band 6 Physiotherapist Intermediate Care - Ludlow Community Hospital

(2023-04 - 2023-07)

• Involved treating a variety of patient types over 2 Nurse led wards
• Prioritising patients and delegating work to other healthcare staff
• Acting as lead physiotherapist 2 days a week
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Discharge planning

Band 6 Physiotherapist Neuro/Brain Injuries - Marbrook St Neots

(2023-03 - 2023-04)

• Assessing new patients on admission
• Assessing and treating patients over long periods with ABI's and strokes
• Working with wider MDT to achieve functional goals
• Overseeing physiotherapy progression from little to no function to achieve higher functional outcomes end of funding
• Referring patients onto further Community rehab

Band 6 Physiotherapist Intermediate Care - Preston Ribble Court

(2022-05 - 2022-08)

• Assessing and treating patient on admission
• Monitoring treatment programmes
• Completing risk assessments
• Prioritizing patients
• Taking an outcome focused approach to treatment

Band 6 Physiotherapist Rapid Response

(2021-07 - 2022-03)

• Assessing patients at home as a rapid response service
• Setting up care provisions
• Prescribing equipment to maintain safety at home
• Increased liason with outreach support services including social services, district nurses and carers
• Utilising specialist skills to assess and determine the most appropriate pathway for patients
• Increased need to prioritise workload due to demand and changes in an acute setting
• Falls assessments and subsequent treatment programmes
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes
• Systemone trained

Band 6 Physiotherapist Community Rehab - St Woolos Newport

(2021-01 - 2021-04)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment regimes
• Setting client short and long term goals
• Falls assessments
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Band 6 Physiotherapist Acute Inpatients - Royal Gwent Hospital

(2020-12 - 2021-01)

• Assessing and treating medically unwell patients
• Prescribing equipment and assistive devices to patients
• Falls assessments
• Exercise progression
• Prioritising workload due to high demand for physiotherapists

Band 6 Intermediate Care Physiotherapist - Locala Community Partnership

(2020-11 - 2020-12)

• Assessing and treating patients in intermediate care beds
• Progressing patients to baseline
• Prescribing equipment and assistive devices to patients
• Falls assessments
• Discharge home Visits

Band 6 Physiotherapist - West Lancashire Community and Urgent Care Services

(2020-10 - 2020-11)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Prescribing equipment and assistive devices to patients
• Falls assessments
• Rapid response
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto other services or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Band 6 Physiotherapist - Anglian Community Trust

(2020-02 - 2020-06)

• Involved treating a variety of patient types over 2 Nurse led wards
• Completing General and stroke specific physiotherapy assessments
• Prioritising patients and delegating work to other healthcare staff
• Acting as lead physiotherapist 2 days a week
• Discharge planning

Band 6 Physiotherapist Community Care - Leeds Healthcare Trust

(2019-09 - 2019-10)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment regimes
• Setting client short and long term goals
• Falls assessments
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Band 6 Physiotherapist Intermediate Care - NHS Pennine Acute trust

(2019-07 - 2019-07)

• Assessing and treating patient on admission
• Monitoring treatment programmes
• Completing risk assessments
• Prioritizing patients
• Taking an outcome focused approach to treatment

Band 6 community physiotherapist/Falls - NHS Pennine Trust

(2019-02 - 2019-05)

• Assessing and treating patients at their homes
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment regimes
• Setting client short and long term goals
• Falls assessments
• Integrating and monitoring treatment programmes at patients homes
• Integrating strategies agreed on by the multidisciplinary team
• Referring patients onto occupational therapist or liaising with other health professionals to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes

Disability Assessor - ATOS/IAS

(2019-05 - 2019-07)

• Face-to-face assessments and compiling detailed medical reports
• Working with people who have a diverse range of health conditions, including physical, sensory, mental health and cognitive issues
• Worked closely within a clinical environment carried out consultations at claimants' homes
• Gave me the ability to work autonomously and build my skills in report writing
• Worked to tight deadlines to maintain and exceed Key performance indicators
• Maintained up to date knowledge of improvement and changes in guidelines and legislation

Disability Assessor - CAPITA

(2017-04 - 2017-10)

• Face-to-face assessments and compiling detailed medical reports
• Working with people who have a diverse range of health conditions, including physical, sensory, mental health and cognitive issues
• Worked closely within a clinical environment carried out consultations at claimants' homes
• Gave me the ability to work autonomously and build my skills in report writing
• Worked to tight deadlines to maintain and exceed Key performance indicators
• Maintained up to date knowledge of improvement and changes in guidelines and legislation

Physiotherapist and managing director - Silverline Physio Ltd

(2014-03 - 2017-04)

Set up a physiotherapy clinic

• Received £6000 business startup bursary after submitting 30 page business plan
• 600+ Claims clients treated thus far
• Regular instructions from 21 Medicolegal companies
• Dealt with all administrative aspects
• Completing and utilizing variety of patient forms and online systems for different medicolegal companies – allowing me to improve my excel and word proficiency
• Marketing techniques with local businesses
• Completed courses in Alternative therapies to meet local client needs
• Completely independent business from administrative work to treatment of patients who are also 'self referral'
• Graston (Soft Tissue Assisted Mobilisation) trained
• Variety of treatment modalities used – Ultrasound, Heath therapy, Sports Taping, Cryotherapy, Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation, Body therapy, Wax Bath, Exercises

MSK physiotherapist - The Injury Care Clinics

(2015-08 - 2017-04)

• Worked as an autonomous practitioner and delivered neuro musculoskeletal assessments and treatment plans
• Liaised with medico legal companies and multidisciplinary team
• Used a wide variety of physiotherapy skills including manual therapy techniques self management advice and therapeutic handling
• Maintained up to date physiotherapy records
• Delivered evidence based care

MSK physiotherapist - PHYSIO WALES

(2014-01 - 2015-07)

• Worked as an autonomous practitioner and delivered neuro musculoskeletal assessments and treatment plans
• Liaised with medico legal companies and multidisciplinary team
• Used a wide variety of physiotherapy skills including manual therapy techniques self management advice and therapeutic handling
• Maintained up to date physiotherapy records
• Delivered evidence based care

Physiotherapist (Paediatrics, MSK, Elderly care, Community) - Various Hospitals in North and West Yorkshire

(2010-09 - 2013-11)

• MSK Outpatients: I was given responsibility of leading group rehab sessions, managing patient caseload, presentations of new learning on a monthly basis. MSK was my first taste of physiotherapy
• Cardiff City FC – Assistant physiotherapist. Dealing mainly with soft tissue and sports injuries. Focusing specifically on efficiency of movement and injury prevention.
• Elderly Care and Community: My time was split between the community team and the elderly care team. The work involved seeing patients with multiple conditions, prioritising the vulnerable, liaising with family and social care workers.
• Paediatrics (SEN): I worked with a team of specialist pediatric physiotherapists , working with numerous children with a wide variety of needs ranging from mild learning difficulties to severe, cerebral palsy and downs syndrome. I observed postural assessments, ran daily activities alongside therapy assistants, hydrotherapy and rebound therapy sessions.
• Private MSK – Yorkshire clinic. During my 4 month rotation at this clinic I dealt with many difficult patients who required and expected a first class diagnoses and treatment. My work involved over seeing patient referrals, treating and assessing a wide range of conditions.

Voluntary First Aider - St Johns Ambulance

(2007-11 - 2008-11)

• Mandatory First Aid Skills
• Team work in pressure situations
• Risk assessing situations
• Liaising with senior staff
• First Aiding during large events and Match days

BSc (Hons) - Physiotherapy - The University of Bradford (2009-09 - 2013-12)

A-levels - Fitzalan High School 6th Form (2006-09 - 2009-05)