Senior Physiotherapist: Orthopaedic Early Supported Discharge

Overview

 

Post Title:

Senior Physiotherapist in Orthopaedics: Early Supported Discharge

Post Status:

Temporary

Department

Physiotherapy

Location:

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 

Reports to:

Physiotherapy Manager in Charge III

Salary:

Appointment will be made in line with Government pay policy. 

 

€62,038 to €73,048

Hours of work: 

Full-Time 35 hours p.week

Closing Date:

 

12 noon on 14/2/2025

 

Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.

 

 

Position Summary:

 

The post holder will be part of the Inpatient Orthopaedic Service in Beaumont Hospital Physiotherapy Department. This post is for the Orthopaedic Early Supported Discharge Service and will involve developing pathways of care for patients exiting the acute hospital. A significant proportion of this role will involve providing post-acute domiciliary care to patients discharged home following Orthopaedic intervention. Cross cover and competence to manage the Inpatient Orthopaedic service will be required.

 

Responsibilities

 

Operational

 

The Senior Physiotherapist will:

·         In collaboration with the physiotherapy team, be responsible for developing, organising, implementing and evaluating the physiotherapy service in the Beaumont Hospital

·         Contribute to service provision planning and delivery of care across the broad physiotherapy team, with specific focus on service provision within own physiotherapy service.

·         Ensure a safe working environment for patients and staff at all times, and act upon all issued staff policies.

·         Assess and manage risk in their assigned area(s) of responsibility.

·         Take the appropriate timely action to manage any incidents or near misses within their assigned area(s).

·         Report any deficiency/danger in any aspect of the service to the team or Physiotherapy Manager as appropriate.

·         Be accountable for the budget, where relevant.

·         Carry out the duties of a Senior Physiotherapist in the hospital and at such other locations as may be required by the Chief Executive or designated officer. The Senior Physiotherapist may be expected to rotate between St. Joseph’s Hospital, Raheny, and Beaumont Hospital.

·         To provide expert advice and guidance for other healthcare professionals, patients and carers.

·         To carry a caseload of patients who have been referred to the Physiotherapy Department.

·         The post holder will attend relevant departmental and multidisciplinary meetings and will be involved in strategic planning for patients referred to the Physiotherapy Department.

·         Ensure that the Physiotherapy Manager is informed on an on-going basis about matters, clinical and otherwise, affecting the running of the specialist area.

·         Record clinical and non-clinical activity data for the service, and submit monthly data reports as stipulated by the physiotherapy manager. It is also necessary to prepare an annual service plan and service report to be submitted to the physiotherapy manager.

 

Professional

The Senior Physiotherapist will:

·         Ensure that a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and treatment is provided for all patients within his/her area of responsibility.

·         Demonstrate evidence based practice through the process of clinical reasoning and decision making, allowing knowledge to be applied to complex/different situations.

·         Ensure that all requests for physiotherapy treatment within his/her speciality are allocated to appropriate staff, and liaise with relevant medical staff for maximum effectiveness of treatment, discharge and follow up.

·         Maintain patient records and to collect statistics as required by the department and service and in accordance with departmental, hospital and professional standards.

·         Contribute to business planning and business cases.

·         Take a lead role in service development as relevant to role.

·         Liaise with staff of other disciplines in providing multi-disciplinary services for certain groups of patients.

·         Participate and be a lead clinician as appropriate in review meetings, case conferences etc.

·         Liaise with services outside the hospital to provide continuing care for patients. 

·         Provide a ser