Clinically I am an accomplished Physiotherapist with a wide range of assessment and treatment skills. Working with a patient-centered approach I strive to actively seek continuous professional development opportunities, ensuring I provide the highest standard of care possible.
Having been both a specialist and team lead for multiple years I have developed skills in leadership and training, enhancing my ability to support myself team members and drive improvements both within the team and the wider service.
As a team lead I aim to provide a supportive environment, evaluating practise, identifying areas for development and formulating professional/ service improvement plans.
-Managing clinical caseload to provide specialist physiotherapy care.
- Working closely with the team and wider multidisciplinary team aiming to provide high quality patient centred holistic healthcare and reducing inequalities in healthcare provision.
- Managing a physiotherapy team, frequently completing supervisions and personal development conversations.
-Being actively involved in service improvement projects. Continuously monitoring & auditing aspects of the service provision; and working to constantly evolve the team and service to provide the highest level of quality healthcare possible.
Identifying training needs for myself and the team and securing training opportunities to meet these.
Voicing concerns of the team with senior managers and working collaboratively to problem solve.
Provided highly skilled assessment and physiotherapeutic intervention.
Supervised and supported junior physiotherapist and physiotherapy technical instructor, assisting them in there career development.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to achieve patient specific goals
Managing own continuous professional development and feeding back to the team on developments in practise.
Benchmarking our practise against national guidance and leading on projects to make improvements on the service
- Followed all trust policies and procedures to deliver high quality healthcare.
- Accountable for ensuring all mandatory training upto date.
- Supervised students and junior physiotherapists/ technical instructors on the wards, actively promoting learning through practise and teaching
Communication - through my work and training I have developed strong communication skills, allowing me to adapt my communication style to the situation
Problem-solving - Both in my clinical and none-clinical work
Supporting peers - experience has shown me this skill is vital in achieving the most out of the team
Goal setting - establishing clear goals with a specific time frame is something I do on a regular basis both clinically and in the service improvement work I am involved with
Adaptability - being open to change is an important skill, having adaptability allows the service to make changes and improves the quality of service provision