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
