Physiotherapist
Physiotherapist
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Job Description
Physiotherapists are autonomous health professionals who are responsible for developing, maintaining or restoring motor function and movement throughout the lifespan using evidence-based practice. They relieve pain and treat or prevent physical conditions associated with injury, disease or other impairments. Physiotherapists empower patients and their carers to manage the condition outside clinical settings. They work within their scope of practice and their professional Code of Conduct. .
Top 43 specific things you need to know
As a Physiotherapist, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply context specific clinical competences
- collect healthcare user's general data
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- develop physiotherapy services
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- develop therapeutic relationships
- emergency surgery
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- engage in physiotherapy research
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- exert a goal-oriented leadership role towards colleagues
- formulate a treatment plan
- intensive care medicine
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- manage physiotherapy staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- orthopaedic manual physiotherapy
- prescribe healthcare products
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide learning support in healthcare
- provide physiotherapy diagnosis
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- refer healthcare users
- respiratory therapy
- supervise physiotherapist assistants
- surgery
- triage clients for physiotherapy
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 45 general things you need to know
More generally, a physiotherapist is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- biomechanics
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct health related research
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret medical results
- kinetics
- listen actively
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- neurology
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- pharmacology
- physics
- provide health education
- provide self management support
- psychiatry
- psychology
- rehabilitation
- respond to changing situations in health care
- sociology
- supervise physiotherapy students
- therapeutic massage
- use different communication channels
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent physiotherapist
Top employers for this job
Physiotherapist (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
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- Ui designer,
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