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Acute Medical Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Service
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full-Time although part-time hours will be considered)
Job ref
100-ACS085-0725
Employer
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Withybush General Hospital
Town
Haverfordwest
Salary
£26,928 - £29,551 per annum (pro rata if part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/07/2025 23:59
Interview date
05/08/2025

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Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

Band 4

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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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.


Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity 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 with patients on medical wards at Withybush Hospital, including cardiac, respiratory, endocrine and gastroenterology, surgical, admission units and ITU.

The post holder will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Discharge Liaison Nurses, Nurses and Doctors.  

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.   

Main duties of the job

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.

The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the medical wards to promote independence.  This could include bed, chair, and standing activities, gait re-education, and gym based exercise programmes.

You will be expected to support patients alone at times, 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.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

  • Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
  • Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
  • Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
  • 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
  • Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

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 take place on 05.08.25

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
  • 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)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyCymraegMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthCarer Confident (With Welsh translation)Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCore principlesStonewall 2023 Bronze

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

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rhian Moremon
Job title
Senior Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01437 773044
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