Job Summary

To ensure a high quality, effective, and efficient physiotherapy service in the Cancer prehab and rehabilitation services. To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills, to manage own complex caseload, as an autonomous practitioner. To lead and manage staff and to supervise, teach, and develop staff and students to meet individual and service needs. To deputise for the Deputy Head of Physiotherapy when necessary.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

Clinical and Professional

Patient Care

• To be responsible for the efficient, effective, and safe management of all patients referred to their section.
• To receive referrals, undertake full assessment, and independently plan individual, specialized, evidence-based, treatment programmes for patients appropriately depending on the physiotherapist’s diagnosis, using clinical reasoning and a variety of highly specialist skills such as use of exercise prescription.
• To carry a significant clinical caseload including highly complex and diverse patient groups such as those with Cancer conditions, general wards, or in out-patient setting.
• To prioritise work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities using highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions.
• To provide individual patient equipment as required, such as, walking aids, incentive spirometers. To issue such equipment with due regard to safety of the equipment, and in line with legal, national, and local guidelines.