Responsibilities:

Ensure maintenance of adequate competent staff levels.

• Conduct staff recruitment, induction & competency assessment activities.
• Plan and conduct Continuous Professional development sessions.
• Mentoring staff at all levels.

Patient Management/Treatment.

• Assessing the status of patient before administering physiotherapy care.
• Evaluating, monitoring and documenting care plans.
• Maintaining accurate patient records.
• Treat patients using – electrotherapy, massager, manual therapy, exercisers, Bobath, Mullighan, Trigger point and Maitland techniques among many treatment techniques and modalities.
• Use different techniques, operate machines/equipment and advise patients accordingly.
• Carry out patient education.

Play a lead role in the maintenance of adequate supply of stock items, reagent and other resources.

• Oversee establishment of stock levels.
• Ensure reagents are maintained under appropriate environmental conditions.
• Participate in procurement process.
• Approve overtime reimbursement claims.
• Approve receipt treatment cancellations & or items purchased from the unit.

Participate in the development and implementation of the budget and monitor the same.

• Prepare the departmental budget.
• Monitor revenue and expenditure for the department.
• Set the departmental goals & objectives, policies and procedures.
• Review and propose physiotherapy & Rehab services charges.

Develop and ensure implementation of policies and processes within the department.

• Monitor turn-around times.
• Monitor patient satisfaction/complaints.
• Develop and review existing policies and processes.
• Monitor process implementation and application.

Ensure Health & Safety for patients & staff in the department.

• Ensure infection control activities within the department.
• Responsible for equipment Safety.
• Monitor staff & client safety.
• Ensure all staff in the department are observing Health & Safety measures.

Performance Management.

• Set departmental goals and objectives.
• Conduct staff meetings.
• Supervise staff.
• Carry out performance appraisal.
• Identify staff training needs and ensure staff training.
• Appraisal of staff based on performance indicators.
• Responsibility for CCPC programmes and other quality initiatives.

Requirements:

• Masters and BSc in Physiotherapy or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Must be registered and have a valid license with Physiotherapy Council of Kenya.
• Must have a certified Basic Life Support Certificate.
• A minimum of five years professional experience in Physiotherapy.
• Must have served as a team leader or section head in a hospital for at least two years.
• Must be a team leader with strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Must possess sufficient knowledge of assessment/ evaluation/ monitoring and recording patients’ progress, as well as treatment techniques.
• Must have the ability to operate and apply electro medical/ rehab equipment.
• Must have the ability to manage and supervise staff and operations.
• Must possess good organizational, customer service, leadership and time management skills.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should be proactive, motivated, result oriented, disciplined, focused and versatile.