Physiotherapist
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
Provide physiotherapy services of the highest standard to both in and outpatients. Responsible for managing a clinical caseload, assessment, treatment and administrative duties.
Duties:
• Providing high standard of physiotherapy service to patients
• Organizing own caseload
• Participating in ward rounds, meetings and multidisciplinary case conferences
• Supervising and teaching community service physiotherapists and students
• Work in various clinical settings- (neurology, orthopaedics, ICU, surgical, medical)
• Involved in patient follow up care
• Implementing relevant core standards and policies
• Ensuring equipment safety
• Assessment and prescription of assistive devices
• Recording patient data and compiling patient reports, daily and monthly statistics.
• Carrying out home visits and community outreaches
Professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of physiotherapy mainly the management of patients in my care at the three clinics within the group.
Duties:
• Undertake comprehensive assessments, problem identification, treatment planning and implementation for patients with a wide range of conditions
• To continuously evaluate progress and quality of service
• Refer appropriately and make proper follow-up
• Communicating and working closely with family members and caregivers
• Ordering of materials and resources required in the physiotherapy department
• Record keeping
• Attending management meetings relating to physiotherapy and patient care
Rendering rehabilitation services of the highest standard under the supervision of a team of experienced physiotherapists both at provincial and primary health care level.
Duties:
• Assessment and treatment of in and out patients
• Report writing and documentation of assessments, treatments and any communication with the client, family or other team members
• Attending ward rounds and case conferences
• Appropriate and timely referral of clients to other healthcare providers
• On call and out of hour physiotherapy duty rotations
• Attend departmental and hospital meetings
• Deliver lectures to rehabilitation technician and nursing students
• Clinical supervision of physiotherapy students (University of Zimbabwe)
and Rehabilitation Technician students (Marondera hospital)
• Teaching of staff from other departments during physiotherapy workshops
• To initiate and monitor CBR programs
• Assess clients for special equipment and provision where necessary
Elective placement May 2015
Providing physiotherapy services to children with disabilities under the guidance and supervision of a specialized team.
Duties:
• Undertake comprehensive assessments, problem identification, treatment planning and implementation for children at the medical rehab centre
• To continuously evaluate progress and quality of service
• Referring appropriately
• Communicating and working closely with family members and caregivers
• Record keeping- patient notes, statistics
• Attending multidisciplinary meetings relating to patient care
• Conducting group exercise classes
• Educating parents and caregivers
• Carrying out home visits and community outreaches
a 4 year BSc degree in physiotherapy
3 Advanced level Biology (C), Chemistry (B) and Mathematics (B) 8 Ordinary level subjects including Mathematics and English