Level 6 Advanced Physiotherapy Placement Marking Criteria
LEARNING OUTCOME 1:
Apply a proactive approach in establishing and maintaining safe practice environments and prioritising and managing own caseload
0-30%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-84%
85-100%
You do not adhere to
local health and
safety policy
You fail to gain or
record consent. You
breach confidentiality
You demonstrate a
limited understanding
of safeguarding
issues
You do not respect
individual physical,
psychological or
cultural needs
You requires
constant guidance
and practice
educator intervention
to manage workload
Elements of your
clinical practice are
unsafe placing
service users at risk
You require
prompting to
consider safety and
wellbeing of service
users
You do not
consistently respect
individual physical,
psychological or
cultural needs
You require constant
guidance to manage
workload
You conduct risk
assessment
appropriate to area of
practice identifying
and reporting issues
arising.
You consistently
demonstrate safe
practice.
You consider safety
and wellbeing of
other service users,
carers and staff.
You demonstrate an
ability to manage
allocated workload
and identify priorities.
as for 40-49% band
PLUS
as for 50-59% band
PLUS
You routinely
evaluate risk in all
environments taking
appropriate
preventative
measures to
minimise any risk
identified
You consistently
manage workload
effectively, adapting
to changes in
circumstances and
are proactive in
maximising use of
time
You are proactive in
ensuring service
users wellbeing
You manage your
workload effectively
and are proactive in
maximising use of
time
You consistently
demonstrate effective
time management to
allow prioritisation of
workload and/or
caseload taking into
consideration the
needs of service
users and the multidisciplinary team
You use initiative in
responding to varying
circumstances
You are highly
prepared, organised
and responsive to
change
You show
considerable insight
into the overall
demands on the
team and the impact
of achieving their
workload on other
team members
Level 6 Advanced Physiotherapy Placement Marking Criteria
LEARNING OUTCOME 2:
Apply effective verbal, non -verbal and written skills in communicating information, advice and professional judgement to service users, carers and the
wider MDT
0-30%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-84%
85-100%
Your communication
with service users is
poor leading to
ineffective therapeutic
relationships
You are unable to
relate to colleagues or
other team members
You may be nervous
in approaching
patients and fail to
develop a rapport or
may be over
confident and unable
to recognise the
impact of your
communication.
Your documentation
is not completed in a
timely manner and
there are significant
omissions
Your communication
skills with services
users is unclear or is
often not adapted to
the individual or
setting
You require
significant prompting
to initiate or
maintain
communication
during assessment
or intervention
You require support
to engage
appropriately with
other members of the
MDT
Your documentation
requires correction to
ensure legal
standards are met
You demonstrate
effective
communication skills
in building and
maintaining the
therapeutic
relationship and you
build appropriate
relationships with
members of the
department and/ or
multi-disciplinary
team
You offer clear
explanations /
feedback to service
users
You engages with
members of the
multidisciplinary team
to gather information,
understand their role
and to disseminate
information regarding
physiotherapy
management
Your documentation
is structured with no
omissions
You demonstrate
effective
communication skills
in building and
maintaining the
therapeutic
relationship in
increasingly complex
cases
You demonstrate a
range of strategies to
engage with and
motivate service
users.
You articulate
physiotherapy
findings/ rationale for
intervention through
appropriate means
( clinical letters/or
verbal discussion
within the
team/MDT)
Your documentation
is structured and
clear
You consistently
demonstrate effective
communication skills
in building and
maintaining the
therapeutic
relationship in more
complex cases
You integrate
effectively with the
MDT contributing to
team working
Your documentation
is structured clear
and concise
as for 60-69% band
PLUS
You are able to
integrate into and be
a respected member
of the team/ multidisciplinary team
You show an
exceptional ability to
communicate
effectively even in
challenging situations
You contribute to
effective team working
gaining the respect of
other professionals
within the practice
setting
Level 6 Advanced Physiotherapy Placement Marking Criteria
LEARNING OUTCOME 3:
Apply clinical reasoning through the process of service user assessment, prioritisation of problems, and development and adaption of service user centred
management plans, and evaluate of the effectiveness of own intervention.
0-30%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-84%
85-100%
You demonstrate poor
practical assessment
skills requiring
educator intervention
to complete an
effective assessment
You needs support to
interpret information
and findings to identify
key problems
You identify a limited
range of management
strategies
You may be unsafe or
ineffective in delivering
selected interventions
You show limited
ability to clinically
reason and there are
significant gaps in your
theoretical knowledge
and understanding
You require support to
identify clinical change
and modify your
management plan
appropriately.
You require prompting
to complete an
effective assessment
Your clinical findings
may be inaccurate due
to poor practical
assessment skills
You are able to identify
key problems but
require support to
prioritise those
problems
You need support to
identify appropriate
interventions
The interventions you
select are delivered
safely but may be
ineffective
Your clinical reasoning
skills need
considerable support
You may require
prompting to evaluate
change and modify
your management plan
appropriately
You conduct an
effective assessment
enabling problem
identification
You prioritise
problems
appropriately
engaging service
users in discussion of
goals
You identify and
justify a range of
interventions
adapting to individual
service user need
You deliver
interventions safely
and use appropriate
objective markers/
outcomes to evaluate
effectiveness
You demonstrate
clinical reasoning
through application of
theoretical knowledge
and understanding to
practice and are able
to justify decisions
as for 40- 49% band
PLUS
as for 50-59%
band PLUS
You conduct an
effective
assessment in
increasingly
complex cases
You are
consistently able
to implement and
modify effective
physiotherapy
interventions in
response to
service user need
You justify methods
of monitoring and
evaluating patient
outcomes
You uses literature
to justify decisions
You clearly link
theory with practice
You are able to
appraise and
apply an evidence
base.
You are consistently able to
select, modify and
implement assessment
procedures with
increasingly complex
patients. You are able to
analyse, and prioritise
information and clinical
findings to create a
management plan
sensitively adapted to
individual requirements
You demonstrate in depth
clinical reasoning skills.
You are consistently able to
justify decisions using an
appropriate evidence base
You makes on-going
evaluation of the
effectiveness of your
interventions
You are able to modify
procedures/plans and
respond to change
You consistently contribute
ideas from the literature to
support practice
You are
consistently able
to undertake
complex
assessments,
analyse and
prioritise
information and
clinical findings
while fully
involving the
service user in
their
management
programme
You are able to
adapt your input
in response to
unpredictable
situations
Level 6 Advanced Physiotherapy Placement Marking Criteria
LEARNING OUTCOME 4:
Practice autonomously applying critical reflection and integrate feedback to demonstrate own CPD.
0-30%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
You do not accept
responsibility for
own learning. You
are unable to
identify own
strengths and
development needs
You take some
responsibility for own
learning but are not
proactive and need
specific guidance in
identifying and
planning learning
You take
responsibility for
own learning
You respond
negatively to, or do
not invite feedback
You have difficulty in
identifying strengths
and development
needs
You invite and
accept feedback,
and demonstrate a
positive response
You do not invite
feedback and a
limited response is
demonstrated when
given feedback
You demonstrate
critical reflection
and evaluation of
practice generating
placement action
plans
You are dependent
on practice
educator to plan for
professional
development
You require support
to develop a
placement action
plan
You identify own
strengths and areas
for development
You discuss
learning needs
appropriately linking
experiences from
other prior learning
You seek
appropriate
guidance in
developing own
learning
You respond
positively to
feedback from a
variety of sources
You engage in the
learning process
and seek
opportunities for
further
development
You critically reflect
and evaluate
practice to inform
ongoing placement
action plans
You effectively use
a range of feedback
You are able to
analyse learning in
relation to prior
knowledge and
experience
You critically reflect
and link experience
from other
situations and
placements.
70-84%
85-100%
as for 60-69% band
PLUS
You consistently
demonstrate a high
degree of autonomy
when effectively
using skills of selfappraisal,
evaluation and
critical reflection to
inform, direct and
manage personal
professional
development and
clinical practice
You uses your own
initiative, actively
seeking learning
opportunities and
making effective use
of placement action
plans to direct own
learning
Feedback you
receive is fully
integrated into the
development of your
practice
.