Specialist Intermediate Care Physiotherapist

Job Overview

Hywel Dda University Health Board presents TWO exciting opportunit ies for motivated and experienced Physiotherapists to join our NHS & Public Health Award Winning – “Home First Team” (Intermediate Care Services) in Carmarthenshire. 

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We are an innovative, comprehensive team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Dietitians, Nurses, GP’s, Advanced Paramedic Practitioners, Advanced Nurse Practitioners , Physician Associates, Social Workers, Senior Reablement Workers, and Third Sector Agents striving to deliver the right support, at the right time in the right place as close to home as possible.

The role will form part of the “Home First” Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), all of whom work together to provide early intervention, period of rehabilitation and assessment in our bed based and home-based community settings to immediately mitigate loss in function, risk of deconditioning, nutritional deficit, deterioration in their mental health to increase people’s time spent at home rather than hospital.

Main duties of the job

Our approach is to deliver patient care in a holistic, person-centred manner, supporting patients, when possible, to stay/return in a safe manner to their own homes where they may continue to be a valued member of their own community.

As a versatile postgraduate, you will need to have a strong clinical grounding in older people rehabilitation, expertise in frailty syndrome, neurological conditions, cardiorespiratory conditions, MSK problems and a good understanding of current issues affecting intermediate care and community services.

Successful applicants will require an excellent ability to work autonomously, managing and prioritising a diverse and unpredictable caseload, with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing and pressurised environment alongside members of the MDT.  Post holders will be expected to support & supervise junior Physiotherapy staff, Physiotherapy Technicians, Rehabilitation Assistants/Frailty Support Workers, and students. 

This is an exciting opportunity for two driven individuals, passionate about the value of community physiotherapy to maintain momentum in transforming our community services across organisations for the people of Carmarthenshire and future generations.

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 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).

Community facilities, including:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

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.

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