Physiotherapist (Home Care)

Principal Responsibilities and Duties:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Render clinical services for clients through assessment of client’s functional status, performance deficits and care resources.
• Offer treatment suggestions for clients to manage their physical rehabilitation needs while reducing the risk of injury and further functional decline.
• Formulate and implement care plan to facilitate maximal independence and prevent disability.
• Prescribe, adapt and train clients and caregivers on the use of rehabilitative equipment and assistive devices/applicant.
• Monitor client’s progress and maintain timely and accurate documentation of patients’ condition and care and outcomes.
• Liaise with other internal or external care providers, to plan, develop and implement patient care in discussion with patients, care providers and their caregiver.
• Connect client with community resources and financial assistance when assessed, as necessary.
• Conduct caregiver training programme to clients / caregivers and evaluate effectiveness of training by assessing improvement in care and caregiver/s coping response.
• Build up and put discharge planning process into practice on admission of patients.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and/or support to junior PT and students on clinical practice education as assigned.
• Assist in developing professional educational activities.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide coaching to therapist assistants.
• Recommend services/ care arrangements according to the individual situation and ensure proper documentation
• Carry out audit on services as assigned.
• Support community fitness programmes.

Core Competencies and Attributes:

• Passionate to serve the elderly
• Knowledge of Singapore’s healthcare and social security system, ageing policies and the key stakeholders
• Case Management knowledge
• Team Player
• Problem Solving Skill
• MS office 365