Ramsha Zafar

• Supported rehabilitation for 25+ patients weekly across acute medical, respiratory, frailty, and older adult wards, promoting dignity, informed consent, cultural sensitivity, infection prevention, and person-centred care.

• Delivered therapeutic exercises, gait re-education, transfer practice, and mobility training to enhance functional independence for patients with respiratory compromise, neurological deficits, cognitive impairment, delirium, dementia, and age-related deconditioning.

• Conducted 20+ functional mobility assessments weekly, gathering social histories to inform safe prescription and use of mobility aids, wheelchairs, and rehabilitation equipment.

• Assisted 20+ discharge planning cases monthly, facilitating safe transitions through multidisciplinary collaboration, community referrals, falls prevention strategies, and individualized rehabilitation goals.

• Collaborated with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, and discharge coordinators to improve care pathways for patients with chronic respiratory disease, post-operative recovery needs, frailty syndromes, and complex rehabilitation requirements.

PHYSIOTHERAPIST | NHS | UK

• Managed a caseload of 35–40 patients weekly, providing assessment and rehabilitation for lumbar radiculopathy, cervical dysfunction, osteoarthritis, tendinopathies, and post-operative orthopaedic conditions.

• Conducted 30+ comprehensive assessments monthly, utilising clinical reasoning and outcome measures to develop tailored treatment plans that addressed patient-specific needs.

• Delivered evidence-based interventions including manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular re-education, vestibular rehabilitation, and chronic pain management.

• Prescribed mobility aids and implemented falls risk management strategies to improve functional capacity, balance, and community participation.

• Supported 20+ discharge planning cases monthly, coordinating rehabilitation pathways to ensure safe transitions back to home, work, and community activities.

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient outcomes for neurological conditions, persistent pain syndromes, sports injuries, and complex musculoskeletal presentations.

• Managed a community caseload of 15–20 patients weekly, delivering home-based rehabilitation for total knee replacement, total hip replacement, osteoarthritis, chronic pain, frailty, and mobility impairment.

• Conducted 20+ home assessments monthly, developing individualized rehabilitation pathways to improve functional mobility, balance, transfers, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

• Prescribed therapeutic exercise programmes and mobility aids, supporting recovery following orthopaedic surgery, falls, fractures, and age-related deconditioning.

• Coordinated community rehabilitation and discharge pathways, ensuring timely referrals to Occupational Therapy, community support services, and multidisciplinary care planning for improved patient outcomes.

• Supported patients with cognitive impairment, delirium, dementia, and complex social needs, enhancing safety, independence, and risk management within home environments.

• Educated patients and caregivers on long-term condition management, falls prevention, and strategies for safe ageing in place, fostering self-management and resilience.