Job Summary
An exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapy Assistant 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 within Glangwili Hospital’s medical wards, including cardiac, respiratory, endocrine and gastroenterology as well as frailty and major trauma.
The Physiotherapy Assistant will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Discharge Liaison Nurses, Nurses and Doctors.
Physiotherapy Assistant 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.
Physiotherapy Assistant Main duties of the job
Physiotherapy Assistant 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. This post will involve a degree of out-reaching into the community.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the medical wards 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.
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.
About us
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.
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