Therapy Assistant Practitioner

at  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time generic therapy technician to joint the inpatient rehabilitation team at Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda. The generic role is split between Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. The main purpose of this role is for active rehabilitation as well as discharge planning.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled individual to join our established Increased Access to Rehabilitation Service (IARS) based in Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their skills within the fields of both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy and combine these to provide a joined up approach to rehabilitation. Your day to day role will encompass working with a delegated set of patients from within the stroke and medical rehab teams
We are a friendly team and offer a competency based model of training and development, access to professional supervision and annual appraisal.
If you feel that you have a good understanding of rehabilitation, excellent team work skills and understand how to get the very best outcomes for your patients we would be excited to hear from you.
To ensure that our patients have the most appropriate access to rehabilitation the role requires some weekend working on a Rota basis.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
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