Physiotherapist

Institution:  Institute of Mental Health
Family Group:  Allied Health

Position: Physiotherapist

Department: Physiotherapy

 

Job Description:

The physiotherapist has a comprehensive, and broad theoretical knowledge base within a professional field of practice and an awareness of the boundaries of that knowledge. The physiotherapist is expected to deliver safe and effective clinical services in routine environments.

 

He/she can be entrusted to work with a considerable degree of autonomy. He/she may take on responsibility to support supervision of junior staff and support staff or training,and may be assigned with some additional responsibilities or accountability to services or resource management for exposure and selected development in educator, researcher and/or leadership roles.

 

Job Responsibilities:

Clinical Practice & Improvement

Quality Care

  • Maintain consistent standards of care (including clinical and service)
  • Maintain and manage workload
  • Assist in clinical practice improvement or quality improvement activities/projects

Safe & Effective Care

  • Maintain zero harm to patient
  • Fulfil minimum standard of clinical competency
  • Contribute to care effectiveness e.g. documentation of outcomes

 

Education

Clinical Supervision & Mentoring

  • Assist in supervision and training for the junior staff/ therapy support staff

Facilitation of Education

  • Conduct health profession education/ training (i.e. in-service) to intra-department colleagues
  • Facilitate education (i.e. group sessions/ public forum/ workshops) to patients/ public

Planning & Development

  • Organize, coordinate and provide continuing education to colleagues with guidance
  • Develop education resources (i.e. training manuals, patient education content) with guidance

 

Research & Innovation

Update Knowledge in Practice

  • Apply and demonstrate evidence-based practice

Develop Research & Innovation

  • Participate in research/ innovation (clinical transformation, care redesign) projects (i.e. study design/ data collection/ analysis)

Create & Communicate Evidence

  • Develop abstracts/ posters/ oral presentations with guidance

 

Leadership & Management

Manage Services & Resources

  • Manage services and resources to achieve department/ institution strategic goals and outcome targets with guidance

Collaboration & Communication

  • Co- lead department workgroups/ teams to deliver/ improve/ transform service and care to meet current and emerging needs
  • Participate in department projects

Plan, Influence & Lead Change

  • Manage information and data (i.e. service data, performance indicators) to identify gaps and potential areas of change with guidance
  • Evaluate and present findings to the department to influence change with guidance.

 

 

Requirements:

Competency

  1. Good PC literacy

Educational and Professional Requirements

  1. A Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy with clinical and supervisory competency
  2. 2 years of relevant working experience.
  3. Registered with Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), and possess valid Practicing Certificate from AHPC, Singapore.

 

About IMH:

The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) in Singapore, established in 1928, is a premier 2,000-bed psychiatric hospital nestled in Buangkok Green Medical Park, providing comprehensive mental health services across 50 inpatient wards and 7 outpatient clinics, while also playing a pivotal role in training the next generation of mental health professionals through the NHG-AHPL Residency Programme and collaborations with local academic institutions.