Senior Falls Community Physiotherapist

Main area: Physiotherapy

Grade Band: 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days out of 7 including weekend on a rota'd basis)

Job ref: 001-AHP038-0424

Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Employer type: NHS

Site: Barry Hospital

Town: Barry

Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/04/2025 23:59

Senior Falls Community Physiotherapist

Band 6

WHO WE ARE:

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.

We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do:

• We are kind and caring
• We are respectful
• We have trust and integrity
• We take personal responsibility

OUR REGION:

Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.

Job overview

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and will have relevant post registration experience for the role and will undertake specialist clinical duties as required within a defined specialist clinical area.

To work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver physiotherapy services to patients within a defined specialist clinical area. This will include patients with multi-pathology and complex needs, using evidence-based patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and maintain associated records.

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work in accordance with HCPC and All Wales Health and Care standards.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, using advanced clinical reasoning skills to formulate and deliver specialist individual intervention treatment/programmes.
• To make independent clinical decisions, evaluate intervention outcomes and alter/progress intervention programmes accordingly.
• To utilise highly developed physical skills relevant to the clinical area e.g., manual techniques and therapeutic handling, in order to deliver effective interventions.
• In partnership with other professionals provide excellent clinical care in line with Health and Care Standards.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

• BSc Hons in Physiotherapy
• Previous Community Physiotherapy experience
• Experience in Falls prevention/rehabilitation
• Speak the Welsh Language

MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

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.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.