Specialist Physiotherapist - Musculoskeletal Outpatients Rotational

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

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All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our musculoskeletal physiotherapy team in CTM UHB. The job will provide exposure to a range of MSK rotations across our 6 MSK sites including persistent pain, upper and lower limb , rehabilitation, acute injuries and spines.

The individual will work as part of an innovative team and contribute to the service development. You will provide both supervision to your colleagues and training to students and graduate staff.

Main duties of the job

We are really excited to welcome a new Specialist Physiotherapist to the MSK Physiotherapy team here at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

This is a great opportunity to develop your clinical skills managing acute and chronic injuries and be part of a dynamic team of MSK Physiotherapists.

The post holder will be responsible for the comprehensive assessment and identification of problems of patients, including those with complex presentation, producing a highly specialised treatment plan based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of physical treatment skills.

They will be required to work independently as part of our MSK OP team, with fantastic learning opportunities.

The physiotherapy department will be looking for an HCPC registered physiotherapist who can demonstrate previous comprehensive experience of working within the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy; and have a good working knowledge of NHS systems and procedures.

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

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of broad spectrum NHS training

Knowledge

• Experience of NHS Health Systems
• Evidence of Specialist MSK interest/development

Experience

• Broad range of Band 5 rotational experience including T&O and Respiratory
• Oncall competencies

• Band 6 Experience

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team or independently

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.