Trauma and Orthopaedics:Supporting management of peripheral joint and spinal trauma patients in an acute setting including vertebral stabilisation, fractures, spinal decompression, poly trauma, muscular weakness associated with long hospital stays and bedrest. Fitting a variety of peripheral and spinal braces to allow for rehabilitation and discharge planning. Working alongside advanced nurse practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists and doctors to provide timely and appropriate patient centred care. Having excellent communication skill has allowed me to collate information about patient transferred to the ward from out of area, patients leaving the ward for day treatment including dialysis and radiotherapy as well as handing over patients to rehabilitation hospitals. Supporting a 7 day service and mentoring Band 5 Physiotherapists to complete competencies and build knowledge. Prioritising caseload to allow for patient flow and identifying patients requiring longer term rehabilitation.Acute medical inpatients:Rehabilitation and discharge planning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rehabilitation in the acute setting for patients who have stepped down from ITU. Completing frailty assessments and referring to community services to support care closer to home. Mentor band 5 Physiotherapists to support development and clinical reasoning as well as management of caseload.Neurology:Acute stroke assessment and rehabilitation. Working alongside occupational and speech therapists to help treat and rehabilitate patients following a stroke including dyspraxia, hemianopia, increased tone, altered body schema amongst others. Using Bridges a self management scheme I was able to make patient centred goals allowing patients to take control of their recovery. I attended talk by senior doctors about the medical management of stroke and the impact on their outcome Shortened rotation due to COVID-19 and redeployed to support in the acute hospitals.

Neurology:Neurology outpatients and stroke rehabilitation. Assessment and treatment of a variety of neurological conditions. Working closely with Occupational therapists to provide patient specific rehabilitation. Planned and carried out weekly Parkinson exercise group to support patients independence and improve movement.Respiratory:Working in ITU, HDU and CCU to provide respiratory physiotherapy to aid secretion clearance while on ventilation and aid weaning from ventilation. Maintenance Physiotherapy and advice to nurses about positioning while patients are sedated and unable to actively move. Starting rehabilitation while in ITU and provide detailed handovers to allow ward based physiotherapists to provide ongoing input. Paediatrics:Community outpatient centre and support in specialist schools. Assessment and treatment of a wide range of conditions including; perthes, cerebral palsy, global development delay, hip dysplasia and weight management. Joint working with senior colleagues to gain experience of more complex conditions.T&O:Experience in elective and trauma surgery. Fitting braces and educating patient to fit and remove safely. Input in management of spinal trauma including spinal precautions, use of ASIA charts to monitor neurology. Help induct and orientate work experience students to provide well rounded experience of Physiotherapy.MSK:Assessment of a variety of pathologies and designing specific treatment plans and exercise programmes. Helping to run exercise classes for lower back pain, arthroplasty and general lower limb pathologies. Helped to re-write and plan the Band 5 development resource to support newly qualified Band 5 Physiotherapists.General medical rehabilitation:Inpatient rehabilitation and discharge planning and continuing health care report writing to aid ongoing care support in the community. Worked alongside nursing staff to engage elderly inpatients with primary school children for a weekly activity/ exercise group.