Ref. No: 2024/130 Basic/Senior Physiotherapist
Specified Purpose, Full-Time
*Applicants at Basic Grade will be considered*
The post-holder will report to the Physiotherapy Manager regarding all aspects of his / her work. The post-holder will work under the supervision of the Physiotherapy Manager & will be accountable to the Director of Midwifery & Nursing in her role as a member of the Senior Executive Team.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
* Incorporate professional codes of conduct, standards of practice, professional and organisational policies into own practice.
* Promoting Initiatives that will ensure professional practice.
* Recognising where appropriate to refer decisions to a higher level of authority and include colleagues in decision-making.
* Demonstrate flexibility as and when required by the Physiotherapy Manager to ensure the delivery of an effective & efficient service.
* Work in the area(s) allocated by the Physiotherapy Manager.
* Carry out other duties as appropriate to the post as required from time to time.
* Keeping up to date with developments in Rotunda, ISCP & Irish healthcare system and applying same to practice as appropriate.
* Exercising a professional duty of care to patients and acting as a patient advocate.
* To manage and maintain professional communication in oral & written form appropriate to the content and target audience.
* Facilitating good communication with own department and with multi-disciplinary & practice education teams.
* Demonstrate the ability to facilitate and lead group physiotherapy sessions.
* Lectures at local & national levels.
* Identifying and prioritizing the requirements of the service area.
* Providing a safe, timely, effective, efficient, evidence based and patient centred service.
* Prioritise and manage caseload according to the needs of the department.
* Demonstrate effective team working as a component of efficient case management and delegate a clinical caseload and other tasks to relevant team members to ensure an optimum service is provided.
* Working in collaboration with colleagues to manage complex patients.
* Demonstrate appropriate background knowledge prior to commencing assessment, by keeping up to date with current literature.
* To assess, plan, implement evaluation treatment plans for service users.
* Demonstrate clinical reasoning skills and use of evidence-based practice.
* Apply clinical reasoning skills to set appropriate goals.
* Apply evidence based outcome measures to evaluate treatment efficiency and quality of care.
* To undertake clinical audit.
* Act as a positive and supportive team leader & identify changing needs and opportunities to improve services.
* Initiating and undertaking quality improvement projects as outlined in the physiotherapy strategic plan and aligned with the Rotunda Hospital strategic plan.
* Balancing clinical demands with other responsibilities such as departmental responsibilities, practice education, CPD, organisational and service development.
* Collect, evaluate and report on statistics & patient data.
* Optimize appropriate resources to achieve departmental efficiencies.
* Attend & contribute to staff meetings and multi-disciplinary team meetings as required.
* Planning & delivery of in-service training.
* To take a lead role as clinical educator for Royal College Surgeons Ireland undergraduate physiotherapy student placements and lectures
* Participate in mandatory training programmes.
* Identifying & taking responsibility for own personal development needs (PPDS & CPD).
* Tailoring own CPD to match service needs.
Essential Requirements:
* Hold a physiotherapy qualification recognized by the Physiotherapists Registration at CORU
* Be registered on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration at CORU
* Have 3 years full time post qualification clinical experience in women's health and continence
All Informal enquires in relation to this post should be directed to Ms. Cinny Cusack, Physiotherapist Manager at ccusack@rotunda.ie
Applicants should include a current CV, cover letter, name and emails addresses of two recent referees. Please quote the relevant reference number. Applications to arrive by Wednesday 20th November 2024.