Health Professionals
Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of other health-related professional occupations.
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£24,063
Median salary
New workers start around £13,151.83. Normal pay is £24,063 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £53,924.60.
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Annual Openings
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Cornwall, and do<br /> not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Monitors patient.
- Supervises physiotherapy assistants.
- Offers advice and education on how to avoid injury and promote patient.
- Explains treatment to and instructs patient in posture and other exercises and adapts treatment as necessary.
- Plans and undertakes therapy to improve circulation, restore joint mobility, strengthen muscles and reduce pain.
- Writes up patients.
- Examines medical reports and assesses patient to determine the condition of muscles, nerves or joints in need of treatment.
- Provides prosthetic devices to patients and advises on rehabilitation.
- Carries out a range of oral/dental treatments.
- Diagnoses and treats patients with a variety of hearing-related problems.
- Conducts medical education relevant to specialism and provides team leadership and supervision.
- Operate heart-lung machines during surgical procedures.
- Provides high level support within surgical teams before, during and after surgery.
- Provides expert technical and technological support in the delivery of critical care.
