Specialist Community Physiotherapist

This is an exciting time to join our integrated team of Social Workers, District Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Mental Health Nurses , speech and language therapists, dieticians, experienced technicians and dementia support workers. We are seeking to appoint an energetic, enthusiastic full time, permanent community mental health nurse to this team. The team works with adults from the age of 18, into older age, affected by frailty and/or complex long term health conditions and/or disabilities; often compounded by their mental health or emotional well-being needs. The post holder will need to work closely with all the multi-professionals as well as GPs and Primary care and cluster staff, and the Third sector, to support individuals to have good quality emotional and physical well-being. They will be a key practitioner within the team; developing and providing an effective, holistic and targeted support around the person., The post holder is identified as a skilled and creative practitioner with knowledge of working with and supporting people living within their own communities and will be an integral member of the Integrated Community Network Teams. The post holder although based as part of the Integrated Network Team will also work with the GP Practices, residential care homes and into the community to respond in a timely way to patients needs in the community and within residential care homes. The post holder will need to work with the Band 7 Physiotherapist to develop the Physiotherapy service in Primary Care within their cluster, working closely with GP staff, and the wider multidisciplinary staff within the practices as well as the Integrated Community Network Teams and the Community Resource Team. The Integrated Community Network Teams work to develop seamless pathways of care and support. This role will be key to be responsive to people's needs within their localities by working in collaboration with the GP practices and professionals with the Integrated Community Network Team in getting involved at the very earliest point to try to keep people in their homes.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.