Band 6 Muscoskeletal/ Orthopaedic Physiotherapist
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Band 6 specialist MSK physiotherapist based within a busy health board outpatients department. High demands of running a busy and complicated case load within the time constraints of an appointment system. COVID-19 presented the added challenge of redeployment as OP departments were shut down to adhere government rules. My skills were utilised within a Trauma and orthopaedic inpatient setting allowing my knowledge and expertise within orthopaedics to be developed in a more acute setting.A delicate and important balance is often needed to integrate loan autonomous working alongside liaising with other physiotherapists within the role and even wider within the multi disciplinary team. The ability to learn and develop from more senior members of staff was often a smooth transaction to mentoring and improving the development of other team members. As with a forever developing and adaptive role within medicine it was and remains important to take responsibility in self development and stay up to date with new and applicable research in the field of msk/ ortho medicine.