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Hywel Dda University Health Board
About
Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services to a total population of around 372,320 throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GP's, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner
Closed for applications on: 17-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 17-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Glangwili General Hospital
- Address
- Dolgwili Road
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Postcode
- SA31 2AF
- Major / Minor Region
- Carmarthenshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £25,524 - £28,010 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Front of House Physiotherapy Service
- Interview date
- 24/07/2024
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.
If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Hywel Dda University Health Board to join our front of house team, TOCALS (Transfer of Care Advice and Liaison Service). This is an innovative frailty focused team in place to prevent unnecessary admissions into acute care, with an understanding of the risks that such admissions can cause for patients. The post will involve working within Glangwili Hospital's front of house services, including Accident and Emergency, Same Day Emergency Care, Minor Injuries Unit, and the Clinical Decision Unit.
The post holder will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Discharge Liaison Nurses, and Delta Workers.
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 front of house 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.
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Duties will include supporting and completing holistic patient assessments, with consideration of strategies/options to aid a safe and timely discharge.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the Clinical Decision Unit to promote each patient's independence. This could include bed, chair, and standing activities, gait re-education, and gym based exercise programmes.
You will be expected to support patients at times alone, 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.
To facilitate continuity of patient care, this post will involve a degree of in-reaching into acute ward areas, and out-reaching into the community.
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.
As the service is working towards providing a seven day service, please note candidates will required to be able to support a seven-day rota as and when this comes into place.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 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;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 24/07/2024.
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.
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.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good command of English language and basic Maths
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent
- Relevant additional courses to support clinical work
- Has a significant knowledge and experience of the model of physiotherapy and able to support therapeutic intervention with arms length supervision. i.e. lone working
- Broad range of experience as a support worker in therapy service or associated field.
- Basic I.T. Skill
Desirable criteria
- IT knowledge of data collection systems
- Professional, technical or academic qualification which relates to clinical practice up to 180 credits level 4.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates developed manual handling and manipulation skills to help restore patients functional ability
- Demonstrates developed visual acuity and perceptual skills.
- The ability to work unsupervised in a variety of settings, taking responsibility for a delegated workload.
- Working knowledge of specialist therapeutic equipment appropriate to clinical specialty
Desirable criteria
- Understands the role of other staff groups in health and social care
- Supervision of staff.
- Additional clinical or health care related experience
- Experience of working with groups of patients
Other
Essential criteria
- To be flexible to the needs of the service and the potential need to work on a variety of sites
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Davies
- Job title
- TOCALS Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267 227808
- Additional information
No longer accepting applications
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