Responsibilities
- Assist in therapy and related service delivery to residents.
- Assist in maintenance of accurate documentation of therapy service as required by the Company’s quality procedures and guidelines.
- Participate in-service education and training programs.
- Participate in any and all activities related to the smooth running of department.
Areas of Accountability
Clinical
- Prepare equipment (electrotherapy and traction) and resident for therapy sessions.
- Perform passive range of motion exercises, heat, cold and wax therapy and group therapy.
- Carry out therapy as instructed by physiotherapist as follows.
- Gait training, stair climbing, transfer training and bed mobility training.
- Exercise programs like stretches and strengthening programs.
- Supervise resident in therapy area to ensure safety.
- Transport residents to and from the ward to physiotherapy area.
Administrative and Management Practice
- Help maintain assessment forms, residents record and filing system.
- Help handle enquiries, resident registration, appointment making and resident billing, collection of letters / documents from the office.
- Typing documents as assigned by the therapist.
- List down all the residents need to be seen daily for PT.
- Record B.P every morning for residents scheduled for the day and print BP forms every week.
- Update TCU Monitoring Log twice a week.
- In charge of the general cleanliness and infection control of department area.
- Ensure that physiotherapy area is clean and tidy.
- Liaise with department cleaner and ensure daily routine cleanliness of department and change of linen and towel once at least once a week by hospital cleaners.
- Once a month, thorough cleaning of rehabilitation equipment with disinfectant.
- Help refill tissue paper, disposable gloves, sterile hand rub
- Help maintain physiotherapy equipment.
- Help maintain and update rehabilitation inventory in rehab area.
- Collate and photocopy progress reports for every month & assist in filing.
Staff Development / Education
- Keep abreast with latest development in physiotherapy related areas by reading journals and surf the website.
- Attend in-service on physiotherapy related areas for peers.
- Participate in research projects.
