Physiotherapist Functional Assessor - Maximus
(2024-02)
- Confidently conducting telephone and face-to-face assessments for a variety of health conditions, and performing physical examinations for musculoskeletal conditions.
- Demonstrating empathy with professionalism, ensuring clients feel heard during sensitive consultations, handling interactions with clients with complex physical and mental health conditions.
- Reviewing a range of medical evidence and applying clinical knowledge to evaluate physical, mental, cognitive, and sensory impairments, and their impact on function.
- Applying clinical reasoning for professional judgement, considering previous intervention and input, and future management of conditions, in line with NICE guidelines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to produce accurate and well-documented reports for the Department of Work and Pensions.
- IT proficiency managing multiple digital systems simultaneously for assessments and reporting.
- Self-motivated and independently working to meet company targets remotely and on-site, whilst maintaining accountability with regular reflective practice.
- Supporting and mentoring new colleagues to develop confidence and competence in their role.
Orthopaedic & MSK Physiotherapist - Circle Health Group, Beardwood Hospital - Beardwood Hospital
(2023-01)
- Assessing and treating patients following orthopaedic surgeries, including aids, advice on aftercare and precautions.
- Reassuring patients in varying situations and encouraging adherence with exercise.
- Independently managing own caseload on an orthopaedic ward, escalating to senior colleagues as appropriate.
- Supporting and overseeing therapy assistants to ensure effective patient care.
- Completing pre-operative and post-operative mobility and joint assessments.
- Conducting outpatient follow-ups, monitoring patient outcomes, evaluating post-operative recovery, adjusting interventions as needed, and ensuring continuity of care, whilst reinforcing personalised treatment goals.
- Admin duties including handling telephone queries, arranging follow-up appointments, and referring clinical issues to relevant clinical staff.
- Liaising with ward staff, including nurses, doctors and pharmacists to ensure patient needs are met, and facilitating appropriate discharge.
B5 Rotational Physiotherapist - East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
(2022-09 - 2024-02)
Rotations completed: Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Acute Medical Wards, Community Rehabilitation, Critical Care Unit
- Managing own caseload, confidently able to prioritise patients and clinically justify decisions, whilst adapting to the workload based on changing patient and service needs.
- Building and maintaining good working relationships through effective communication with other members of the MDT, including nursing staff, OTs, HCAs, doctors.
- Confidently completing subjective and objective assessments on patients with a range of presentations, at varying points through their recovery and rehabilitation journey.
- Effectively clinically reasoning and selecting appropriate treatment techniques tailored to the patient based on joint goal setting, applying a holistic approach.
- Discharge planning on wards, working alongside ward staff to ensure effective patient flow.
- Delivering exercise classes for conservative management of shoulder pain, lower back pain, post-operating rehabilitation, and chair-based classes for the elderly. Independent in exercise prescription, progressing or regressing exercises as appropriate.
- Independently working in the community, following the lone working policy for the home setting, performing assessments and executing treatment plans for the elderly, chronic neurological conditions, and more.
- Delivering and participating in in-service trainings.
- Participated in notes audit.
- Supervision of student and junior members of staff.
- Part of on-call rota and weekend working based on service needs.
Student Physiotherapist - University of Central Lancashire
(2019-09 - 2022-06)
Core Placements: Elective Orthopaedic Ward (Burnley General Hospital), Community Rapid Response (Blackpool Teaching Hospitals), Acute Surgical Ward (Royal Preston Hospital), Musculoskeletal Outpatients (Chorley District Hospital)
- Managing own caseload and stepping up as a band 5 equivalent. Confidently able to prioritise patients and clinically justify decisions, whilst adapting to the workload based on changing patient and service needs.
- Building and maintaining good working relationships through effective communication with other members of the MDT, including nursing staff, occupational therapists, healthcare assistance, and doctors.
- Confidently completing subjective and objective assessments on patients with a range of presentations, at varying points through their recovery and in the rehabilitation journey.
- Effectively clinically reasoning and selecting appropriate treatment techniques tailored to the patient based on joint goal setting and applying a holistic approach.
- Discharge planning on wards, working alongside OTs and other ward staff to ensure effective patient flow.
- Delivering exercise classes for conservative management, during early and late post-operative stages, and for the elderly. Independently leading hydro classes, progressing or regressing exercises as appropriate.
- Independently working in the community following the lone working policy for the home setting, performing assessments and executing treatment plans for respiratory patients.
- Presented and planned a service redesign, demonstrating ability to be innovative in the workplace.
