Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

Cardiff Community Resource Team is a community based multidisciplinary team consisting of Therapists, Nurses, Consultants and associated support staff. The team works to support people at home and either avoid hospital admission or facilitate early discharge, with rehabilitation being delivered within the person's own home. We work collaboratively with Cardiff Local Authority colleagues who provide domiciliary care when required. We work across the whole of the beautiful City of Cardiff to ensure support is delivered to people within their own communities and closer to home.

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

Main duties of the job

Principally to provide a service, under the direction of a registered practitioner, to individuals and groups within a defined area.  They will work with direction to assist the registered practitioner in clinical and administrative duties following specific competency- based training. They will independently carry out low level complexity assessments and  treatment programmes to both individuals and groups which have been assessed by a registered practitioner, primarily in the patients place of residence. They will progress within guidelines laid down by the registered practitioner. They will be responsible and accountable for these tasks. The post holder will work within an agreed job plan and objectives which will be reviewed yearly as part of the UHB appraisal process. They may be asked to provide treatments in other clinical areas depending on service needs.

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.