Specialist Physiotherapist

Hywel Dda University Health Board presents an exciting opportunity for motivated and experienced physiotherapists to work within Prince Philip Hospital in acute inpatients, stroke and rehabilitation. We have 2 vacancies available - this will be a rotational post working within our stroke pathway (stroke wards and community integrated stroke service) and across Mynydd Mawr Rehab Unit (MMRU) with some input into Front of House services (TOCALS) depending on service need.
If you have a passion for rehabilitation this could be the opportunity for you.
Rotations:
Stroke rehab/CIST: You will be working in Llanelli supporting people who have predominantly experienced a stroke to return home from our acute stroke units.
The role will aim to deliver rehabilitation in hospital and at home in the local community to support transition from hospital and return to independence. The postholder will work alongside established teams to provide person-centred rehabilitation and ensure good continuity of care., The post holder will require broad clinical experience due to the diverse population who present to our services. They will need to provide specialist assessments and formulate appropriate treatment plans using in depth clinical reasoning with a focus on patient-centred care, current HB pressures and awareness of patient flow. This role involves supervising students, junior members of staff, rehabilitation assistants and therapy support staff (assistant practitioners and support workers)., MMRU: You will be providing rehabilitation to people staying on Mynydd Mawr Rehab Unit and also in-reaching to those waiting to come down for rehab on other wards within the hospital. The postholder will be confident leading group exercise sessions, managing a diverse caseload and supervising all levels of staff to support our rehab assistants, physio support staff and work closely with the MDT.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 11/12/2024

Successful applicants will require an excellent ability to work autonomously, in high pressure and fast paced environments, managing and prioritising a diverse and unpredictable caseload, while keeping the HB values central to everything they do.
As a versatile postgraduate, you will need to have strong clinical grounding in older people rehabilitation, expertise in frailty syndrome, stroke, neurological conditions, cardio respiratory conditions, MSK problems and a good understanding of current issues affecting acute, intermediate care and community services.
Due to the nature of the role you will need to be able to travel within the County, as well as being flexible to travel across the Health Board on occasions.
The post holder will be required to participate in the provision of on call respiratory service and future developments in 7 day working.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion)., Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
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