Responsibilities
* Works within the multidisciplinary team in a primary care setting including clients' homes, residential homes and clinic, providing support for a variety of therapeutic and clinical interventions based on the team skill mix.
* Participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and individualised therapeutic interventions under the guidance of the multidisciplinary team.
* Identify and provide appropriate assistive equipment for clients to facilitate safety in their chosen environment.
* Work autonomously and undertake lone working in the community; work a variety of shift patterns which include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
* Travel across the county as service demands require; assess, plan and implement therapeutic interventions and provide appropriate, adaptive equipment to meet specific client needs and facilitate safety in the chosen environment.
* Form professional relationships with clients, family and carers and communicate condition-related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
* Involve clients, family and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self‑management where appropriate, promoting self‑management of health‑related conditions.
* Have an enhanced level of knowledge of support services within the community.
* Communicate effectively with all members of the Integrated Community Services team and support and promote wider team working.
* Provide written reports and verbal feedback to the team regarding clients' performance/progress in areas of self‑maintenance, productivity and leisure.
* Act as named person for the client to contact within the department and feedback relevant issues to senior staff.
* Maintain professional, responsible and appropriate relationships with managers, colleagues, clients, their family/friends and other services.
* Support other departments and localities within the Therapy Services at the request of management as demand requires.
* Provide advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote the understanding of the aims of therapy and ensure a constant approach to patient care.
* Undertake advanced holistic therapeutic assessments with a diverse range and complexity of physical and psychological conditions which increase the risk of falls.
* Hold own caseload of clients referred; take responsibility for accepting and discharging these patients, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties required within the pathway as an autonomous practitioner.
* Ensure the client record on Systm1 contains the client's full journey in a timely manner.
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