Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen in Hywel Dda University Health Board to join our acute Trauma and Orthopaedic physiotherapy team, within the in-patient Trauma and Orthopaedic department in Glangwili Hospital. This is an innovative focused team in place to support the recovery and rehabilitation of patients across the acute Trauma and Orthopaedics and community settings. As the hospital is the Major Trauma Unit for Hywel Dda University Health Board, the post will involve working with in-patient trauma in a full range of conditions; including fragility fractures, upper and lower limb trauma, major trauma repatriations and will also involve the Trauma and Orthopaedic outreach services. The post holder will be working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social workers, Nursing staff, Doctors, Discharge Liaison Nurses and Major Trauma Network colleagues, in order to maximise patient outcomes. Main duties of the job Duties will include supporting and completing holistic patient assessments, for a range of conditions with consideration of rehabilitation needs and strategies/options to aid a safe and timely discharge. The post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering rehabilitation to patients admitted to the Trauma and Orthopaedic wards, this could include bed, chair, and standing activities, gait re-education, and gym based exercise programmes. To facilitate continuity of patient care, this post will involve a degree of out-reaching into the community. We place strong emphasis on patient-centred care to foster independence and wellbeing. You will be expected to support patients at times alone, 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. 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. As the service is working towards providing a seven day service, please note candidates will be required to be able to support a seven-day rota as and when this comes into place. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. Working for our organisation Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through: Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest. Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire. Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion). Community facilities, including: 48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes. Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales. Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert. 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