
Physiotherapist/ Chiropractor
1 day ago
Physiotherapist duties and responsibilities:
- Meeting with patients to assess what their physical challenges are and deciding on suitable treatment programmes
- Monitoring the progress of patients and adjusting or changing treatments as needed
- Liaising with other healthcare professionals, such as Occupational Therapists and General Practitioners and referring patients as needed
- Involving the families and caregivers of patients in their treatment programmes and the delivery of care
- Updating and maintaining accurate patient case notes and reports
- Staying up to date regarding new physiotherapy technologies and techniques
- Supervising and guiding student and junior Physiotherapists
- Initiating and participating in evidence-based projects to improve the quality of patient care
- Complying with government physiotherapy regulations
**Chiropractor Job Responsibilities**
- Conduct patient consultations by reviewing health and medical histories; questioning, observing and examining patients; and reviewing x-rays, as indicated.
- Evaluate patients’ neuromusculoskeletal systems and the spine using chiropractic diagnosis to determine neuromusculoskeletal and spine related conditions.
- Perform manual adjustments to the spine, or other articulations of the body, to correct the musculoskeletal system.
- Use heat, cold, massage therapy and other methods to treat patients
- Obtain and record patients’ medical histories.
- Arrange for diagnostic x-rays to be taken.
- Analyze x-rays to locate the sources of patients’ difficulties and rule out fractures or diseases as sources of problems.
- Maintain accurate case histories of patients.
- Educate patients on the quality-of-life benefits of routine chiropractic care.
- Provide a patient with educational resources and a recommended course of treatment.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Morning shift
Work Location: In person