Principal Physiotherapist

**About Us**:
Established since 1987, ECON Healthcare Group celebrates more than 35 years of commitment to quality healthcare and eldercare services this year. As a regional provider for integrated healthcare services in Singapore, Malaysia and China, the Group incorporates a chain of medicare centres and nursing homes, hospital services, a careskill training centre, a chain of senior services centres, home care services, physiotherapy services and traditional Chinese medicine services. The Group also provides consultancy for the development and management of retirement living communities.

**Clinical Roles**
- Conduct functional PT/OT assessment, planning and evaluation of treatment to facilitate and optimize clients in their recovery process
- Select appropriate outcome measures to enable evaluation of therapy progress and outcomes
- Recommend assistive devices and equipment as well as latest technology available
- Provide client education by empowering clients/caregivers with methods to enhance health, mobility and functions through self-management strategies
- Perform clinical administration and operations through development of clinical practice guidelines
- Set strategic direction for training and development and plan continuing education programmes, training and research activities
- Participate in the development of new and review of existing services and professional standards
- Develop new service delivery models in keeping up with current evidence-based practice
- Act as a highly specialized source to other professional colleagues internally and externally
- Lead the implementation of new/or updated assessment/treatment based on current evidences
- Provide clinical supervision and team development for support staff and students

**Resource Management**
- Oversee management process at centre level (inventory, routine disinfection, cleaning, staff supervision, monthly statistics and billing as per requirement)
- Develop reports to Rehab Manager and HOD as required
- Conduct staff development and performance review
- Co - develop annual L & D with Rehab Manager/HOD for AHPs and therapy support staff
- Implement professional training and development framework for all rehab staff
- Supervise staff who are under conditionally registered under AHPC

**Clinical Quality and Safety**
- Oversee delivery of consistent and excellent clinical and service quality to residents and sponsors
- Responsible for the clinical quality and safety standards for the department
- Lead quality improvement project(s) in the center/nursing home or within the department
- Implement clinical audit strategies and perform peer audits on compliance to clinical standards
- Provide leadership in responding to clinical incidents in compliance with organization's incident management guidelines
- Monitor team's clinical and non-clinical key performance indicators in accordance to MOH, AHPC, organizational and other relevant professional standards and guidelines
- Deliver training or in-service to fellow colleagues (internal and external partners)
- Plan clinical attachment programmes and develop clinical training frameworks
- Develop assessment methods and tools to evaluate effectiveness of departmental training programmes

**Feedback Management**
- Assist in any investigation pertaining to complaints received
- Escalate any unfavorable and unresolved feedback to Manager, Rehab

**Other Duties**
- Assume any other additional responsibilities as assigned by HOD and Manager, Rehab
- Maintain good communication skills with residents and sponsors

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Degree in Physiotherapy from recognized institutions
- Full registration with Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
- Have at least 12 years of working experience in a healthcare setting
- Have an interest in neuro and geriatrics rehabilitation preferred
- Applicants must be willing to travel across Singapore
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Proficiency in Physiotherapy treatment implementation and manual handling skills
- Possess patient-centric, good communication, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Applicants must be able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people and cultures, maintaining a high level of quality service
- Ability to work effectively in team environment
- Self-motivated to keep up to date with advances in the field of Physiotherapy

**Qualifications**:
Degree in Physiotherapy from recognized institutions