Job Description

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy services in accordance with national standards
• Ensure safe use of physiotherapy equipment
• Participate in the education of patients, their families and the community to prevent injury and disability and to lead healthy lifestyles

• Participate in the promotion of community fitness programs
• Collaborate with other health professionals to provide in patient physiotherapy services
• Perform other official duties that may be assigned.

Communication and Working Relationships

• Maintain effective communication and working relationship with physiotherapy staff and other health workers

• Attend and contribute at staff meetings
• Participate in professional meetings and conferences as required.

Personal and People Development

• Develop and maintain continuing personal and professional development to meet the changing demands in the area of physiotherapy services.
• Monitor own performance against agreed objectives and standards.
• Keep up to date on job related issues as appropriate.
• Keep log of own performance and in-service training log for purposes of appraisal.

Research

• Participate in surveys and audits.

Health Safety Responsibilities

• Take care of own safety and ensure the safety of other staff in the physiotherapy unit/section.
• Comply with and ensure adherence to the health and safety policies, guidelines/protocols in the facility (e.g. the use of personal protective clothing/equipment).
• Ensure that accidents/incidents or ill health, failings in equipment are reported and recorded

Quality Assurance

• Comply with all GHS Quality Assurance Policy guidelines
• Keep up-to-date with quality developments relevant to area of work and related services.

Required Skills or Experience

• BSc Physiotherapy
• Knowledge of Health and Safety issues
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate and participate in effective team working
• Approachable, flexible, logical, and methodological
• Ability to work under pressure
• Must be licensed by the Allied Health Professionals Council