A job plan will be created by your line manager in line with the service blueprint and discussed with you. It will be reviewed annually at your PDR and updated as required. The main tasks you will spend your time doing are: 1. To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of care, social and rehabilitative support across various settings. 2. To plan therapy, social and rehabilitative pathways taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient and assist in evaluating the outcomes. 3. To report and document variances in a patients condition or planned pathway of care. 4. To offer advice and support and education on healthcare to both patients and carers. 5. To take referrals for all services using the criteria specified in their operational policies. 6. To undertake a holistic assessment of all the patients needs and understand the routes for escalating issues that are not directly resolved by own professional practice. 7. Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using specific clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills. 8. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required. 9. Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. 10. To manage clinical risk within own patient case load and recognise potential risks to others, complying at all times with the requirements of health and safety regulations. 11. Work in line with the SCFT lone worker policy where lone working is integral to the role. 12. To be responsible for maintaining personal accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in accordance with SCFT Information Governance and professional bodies. 13. To be responsible for maintaining and developing own competency to practice through CPD activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development. 14. To clinically supervise, support and teach other staff, including Band 5 therapists, assistants and students. 15. To support the operational lead with annual appraisals for staff at Band 3 to 5 staff and assist them with their career development.