Physiotherapist – Basic Grade (Weekend Work)Location: GalwayJob Type: Part Time
Part time/locum contracts available in the Galway Clinic for weekend work to provide clinical care in physiotherapy through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients in specialist Inpatient Units, including Intensive Care, Cardiorespiratory, Cardiothoracic, Surgical respiratory, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Medical rehabilitation, and Oncology.
Hours of work available: 14 hours per weekend
The Role: Assess, analyse and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention.Plan with the patient to implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise their rehabilitation potential within the specialist area.Manage a caseload of patients effectively and efficiently, ensuring support is sought with complex cases.Maintain patient documentation, records and accurate statistical information to reflect care provided and meet professional standards.Communicate and make recommendations to all relevant disciplines of staff to maximise patient care and promote multidisciplinary working.Work independently to provide physiotherapy weekend care and stand-by weekend care (on a roster basis).Monitor activity and support senior physiotherapists and the physiotherapist manager to prioritise resources to meet service demands.Participate in departmental continuous professional development, education and training, audit and evidence-based projects.The Candidate: Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy (Essential)CORU registration (Essential)A minimum of two years post qualification experience with acute hospital experience (Essential)Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) membership (Desirable)Relevant Post Graduate Courses (Respiratory, Neurosciences) (Desirable)Good communicatorTeam workerAbility to work independentlyTo apply, please refer to the careers section of https://www.blackrockhealth.com/careers Closing date for receipt of applications: Thursday 19th December at 5pm
Blackrock Health at The Galway Clinic is an equal opportunities employer
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