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Clinical

1. To undertake the role adhering to regulatory, professional and organisational standards of practice.
2. To undertake assessment, therapeutic intervention and management of patients, including those with highly complex presentations, deploying sound clinical reasoning and skills within the scope of the role.
3. To work with patients, their carers, and members of the MDT to form appropriate care and treatment plans utilising specialist treatment skills, knowledge of evidence-base and a variety of treatment options.
4. To assimilate and analyse a range of information to form accurate therapy diagnoses, clinical problems and treatment plans in a wide range of highly complex conditions
5. To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing and implementing comprehensive treatment and discharge plans
6. To evaluate and reassess patients to progress their treatment and management plans effectively.
7. To assess a patient's capacity to understand and to gain valid, informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent or refuse treatment.
8. To advise and educate patient, carers, relatives, and other health professionals.
9. To demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff, where there may be barriers to communication e.g. non-English speaking patients; those with communication disorders, impaired speech, hearing, and ensure all members of the team do likewise.
10. To liaise with and advise other physiotherapists, relevant medical staff, nursing staff, social workers and other health care professionals in clinical and operational matters.
11. To communicate effectively with all other disciplines involved in the patient's care both in the Hospital and in the community thus ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and integrated service.
12. To identify, assess and manage clinical risk within the team’s work and engage with the governance structure of the department to minimise risk of harm.
13. To participate in weekend, and emergency on-call duties as part of the departments seven day working and out of hours services, as required.
14. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out therapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
15. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients

Management

1. To effectively supervise, teach and appraise junior staff, assistants, and students to maximise their capabilities.
2. To be responsible for the daily operational leadership of the oncology & haematology team ensuring that the service is delivered against its specification and staff are supported in this endeavour.
3. To be responsible for competent use and maintenance reporting of equipment used as part of the role and to ensure that all staff/students and assistants attain competency prior to use.
4. To effectively plan, organise and manage your own time, patient caseload, meetings, training in accordance with operational and workforce pressures.
5. To be able to respond to unpredictable demands on your time and frequent interruptions whilst maintaining professionalism.
6. To assist in the planning of juniors, students and assistants’ timetables and deputise for the senior staff in organisational duties.
7. To take an active role in assisting senior colleagues with service development in acute care, implementing care pathways and executing change.

Education

1. To complete all Statutory, mandatory and other necessary training requirements within the required timescales.
2. To contribute to the education of the MDT, patients, families and carers to ensure optimal care and treatment.
3. To maintain an accurate and contemporary record of personal and professional development.
4. To oversee the design and delivery of an effective and clinically relevant training programme to support staff development.
5. To attend and actively participate in departmental education and development activities.
6. To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice in respiratory care.

Research and governance:

1. To lead and supervise clinical audit and quality improvement work aiming to improve the quality of the team’s practice.
2. To maintain clinically applied knowledge formed from contemporary science and evidence-based guidance and ensure this is integrated into the team’s clinical delivery by way of policy and procedure.
3. To lead the team’s governance arrangements ensuring that the team operates on the basis of openness and a just culture.
4. Represent the team at governance meetings held within the clinical group

General:

1. To carry out therapy assessments and treatments, with moderate physical effort involved, on a daily basis
2. To comply with the Trusts Manual Handling Policy and local therapeutic handling guidelines
3. To work in an environment where the work patterns may be disrupted by frequent demands from patients, clinical staff, students and administrative support staff.
4. To support qualified staff when indicated in the management of challenging patients.
5. To sensitively deal with distressing or emotional circumstances regarding patient care e.g. imparting news of poor prognoses such as chronic pain management or lifelong disability
6. To deal with patients suffering from pain states that may lead to anxiety and aggressive behaviour
7. To comply with all Trust policies and procedures and Health and Safety at Work Act, including adherence to Universal Precautions and Infection Control measures, and ensure that staff within the team are aware of their responsibilities.
8. To participate in the Trust Appraisal Scheme as an appraiser and an appraisee.

To attend and be an active participant in departmental staff and peer group meetings