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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
