Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial evaluation and assessment of patients referred for physiotherapy
• Identify treatment goals and appropriate therapy techniques and proceed to administer them
• Conduct patient and family education
• Conduct regular evaluation of patients to assess progress and response to therapy, revise treatment program as necessary to achieve goals
• Evaluate the patient’s, need for adaptive devices such as special support, padding, protective gear, assistive standing, ambulation or mobility
• Maintain daily treatment notes evaluation of patient’s progress and discharge planning notes and summaries
• Assign patients to physiotherapy assistants or interns with laid out treatment plans and supervise their treatment
• Control infection by observing hygiene rules
• Maintain professional proficiency through review of current literature and attendance into continuing medical education programs in line with the physiotherapy accreditation requirements
• Have a full knowledge of the hospital policies & procedures, protocols, guidelines and adhere to the same
• Carry out clinical and service audits and evaluate improvement of services
• Supervising and delegating tasks to physiotherapy assistants and service attendants
• Ensuring functionality of equipment by participating in regular maintenance/monitoring & testing to ensure minimum equipment downtime
• Participate in planning and implementation of department goals and objectives to enable optimal performance
• Observe and comply with environment health and occupational safety measures
• Participate in the implementation of quality initiative and patient safety programs. 

Requirements

• Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Registered with Physiotherapy Council of Kenya
• knowledge of assessment/evaluation techniques in regards to patients
• Excellent customer service skills and empathetic to patients of all ages