KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Carrying out individual assessments, joint multidisciplinary assessments, functional, fitness and falls risk assessments using best practice outcome measures to devise treatments plans that achieve person centred short- and long-term goals.
- Case load can include older adults who require;
- Post operative assessment & rehabilitation treatment plans
- Post Hospitalisation MDT Reablement & discharge back into the community
- Home Visit assessment & treatment plans
- Best practice assessment & treatment plans for older adults in long term care
- Delivering specialised researched & developed group exercise therapy to older adults of all levels of physical and cognitive capabilities.
- Working closely with other members of the team to introduce new ideas and approaches to offer a more holistic service. Researching and delivering in services on older adult related topics.
- Extensive in-house training provided in the areas such as;
- Falls prevention & management
- Appropriate exercise prescription for all older adults in an individual and group setting including those living with cognitive impairment.
- Advanced people manual handling training
- Pressure care & seating
- Monthly in services, CPD and research opportunities available.
REQUIREMENRS:
- Competent and enthusiastic in instructing, prescribing, recording and analysing best practice exercise with participants of varying capacity and pathologies.
- Genuinely interested in and committed to working with the older adult population.
- Able to provide evidence of continued professional development around older adult care.
- Flexible and willing to be involved in all aspects of the companies on site interventions.
- CORU registered AND member of ISCP.
- Experienced working with older adults or have proven research in the field.
