Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Date: 1 day ago
City: Haverfordwest, Wales
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Hywel Dda University Health Board to join our Acute Medical Rehabilitation team. This is an innovative focused team, in place to support the recovery and rehabilitation of patients across the medical wards . The post will involve working with patients on medical wards at Withybush Hospital, including cardiac, respiratory, endocrine and gastroenterology, surgical, admission units and ITU.
The post holder will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapi sts, Social Workers, Discharge Liaison Nurses, Nurses and Doctors.
Applicants will need to be highly motivated with a keen drive to achieve patient centred, holistic, and compassionate care. With a wide variety of patients and conditions seen within acute medical services, and through working alongside a wide array of multidisciplinary staff this post brings with it a wealth of learning opportunities. Due to the high pace of the environments, applicants will need to be adaptable and able to work in busy and pressurised environments.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include: supporting and completing holistic patient assessments, with consideration of rehabilitation needs and strategies/options to aid a safe and timely discharge. To facilitate continuity of patient care.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the medical wards to promote independence. This could include bed, chair, and standing activities, gait re-education, and gym based exercise programmes.
You will be expected to support patients alone at times, though all work undertaken will be under the guidance of qualified Physiotherapists. Recognition of your scope of practice is of paramount importance to recognise when qualified support is required.
As the service is working towards providing a seven day service, please note candidates will required to support a seven-day rota as and when this comes into place.
The University Health Board proactively supports training and development both as part of internal and external CPD and you will be expected to complete appropriate mandatory training.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Hywel Dda University Health Board to join our Acute Medical Rehabilitation team. This is an innovative focused team, in place to support the recovery and rehabilitation of patients across the medical wards . The post will involve working with patients on medical wards at Withybush Hospital, including cardiac, respiratory, endocrine and gastroenterology, surgical, admission units and ITU.
The post holder will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapi sts, Social Workers, Discharge Liaison Nurses, Nurses and Doctors.
Applicants will need to be highly motivated with a keen drive to achieve patient centred, holistic, and compassionate care. With a wide variety of patients and conditions seen within acute medical services, and through working alongside a wide array of multidisciplinary staff this post brings with it a wealth of learning opportunities. Due to the high pace of the environments, applicants will need to be adaptable and able to work in busy and pressurised environments.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include: supporting and completing holistic patient assessments, with consideration of rehabilitation needs and strategies/options to aid a safe and timely discharge. To facilitate continuity of patient care.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the medical wards to promote independence. This could include bed, chair, and standing activities, gait re-education, and gym based exercise programmes.
You will be expected to support patients alone at times, though all work undertaken will be under the guidance of qualified Physiotherapists. Recognition of your scope of practice is of paramount importance to recognise when qualified support is required.
As the service is working towards providing a seven day service, please note candidates will required to support a seven-day rota as and when this comes into place.
The University Health Board proactively supports training and development both as part of internal and external CPD and you will be expected to complete appropriate mandatory training.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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