Overview
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Location: Singapore • Employment type: Full-time
Responsibilities
Clinical Management
- Provide clinical management of basic to complex cases with expertise and autonomy.
Responsibilities include: - Assess, develop, plan, and implement physiotherapy interventions to clients with physical, functional, or mobility difficulties in accordance with programme approach, framework, and SOPs.
- Be part of the collaborative team (e.g., multi-, inter-, trans-disciplinary) to work with clients on a one-to-one basis, in groups, or in special settings based on programme requirements and client levels of functioning.
- Monitor clients’ physiotherapy progress, evaluate intervention effectiveness, and review clients’ physiotherapy needs in accordance with programme requirements.
- Provide physiotherapy consultation, support and update on the clients’ progress and status to caregivers and all those involved in the client care team.
- Refer clients to respective specialists (e.g., other therapists, psychologists, neurologists, doctors, etc.) for consultation and further treatment or training as and when necessary.
- Conduct home/school/workplace visits when necessary.
- Provide physiotherapy-related training on relevant platforms when required.
- Preferably has clinical practice experience in at least one external partner project.
Clinical Administration
- Contribute to new clinical service development in collaboration with internal and external partners to enhance service delivery and client care.
- Participate in departmental administrative duties and operational processes to support service delivery.
- Ensure timely documentation of clinical records for all cases and timely reporting in accordance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to service quality assurance initiatives, including audits, risk identification, and incident reporting.
- Monitor and optimise the use of therapy equipment and resources in the department.
Clinical Teaching and Supervision
- Supervise therapy students during clinical placements and/or junior physiotherapists.
- Provide on-the-job guidance to other staff (e.g., support staff, therapy assistants, other members of the collaborative team), caregivers and volunteers in the execution and/or maintenance of physiotherapy programmes.
- Share knowledge and best practices with peers and junior staff when required.
- Provide physiotherapy-related training on relevant platforms when required.
Professional Development
- Actively engage in continual professional development to maintain and enhance clinical competency.
- Participate in literature reviews and research-related activities to support evidence-based practice.
- Keep abreast of the emerging trends, techniques, and knowledge in the field of physiotherapy and apply relevant knowledge to clinical work.
- Attend and contribute regularly to staff meetings, case conferences, in-services as well as other meetings as required.
Other Activities
- Participate in cross-divisional committees or events organised by SPD when required.
- Represent SPD in networking with other community organisations as requested.
- Engage in any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Requirements
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy or its equivalent.
- Possess Full-Registration as a Physiotherapist under the Allied Health Professions Act 2011.
- Possess at least two years of formal Allied Health Profession supervision experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fluency in local languages will be an advantage.
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