The job purpose is to:
- To manage organise and co-ordinate the physiotherapy service for patients requiring acute rehabilitation and discharge planning on general medical wards under medical specialist teams with particular responsibility for patients on the infectious diseases (ID) wards including Covid Pathway & National Isolation Unit.
- To complement existing acute rehabilitation and frailty/older persons services to provide standardised high quality physiotherapy across multiple wards and medical teams
- To seek to continuously optimise care and outcomes for all patients presenting to MMUH including close working with general rehabilitation FITT and Specialist Geriatric Ward services to improve the provision of physiotherapy care for persons admitted acutely to general medical wards.
- To assess plan implement and evaluate physiotherapy interventions aimed at improving patient mobility respiratory function and functional outcomes.
Informal enquiries can be made to Eoghan Fitzsimons Physiotherapy Operations Manager
Required Experience:
Senior IC