Therapy Assistant Practitioner

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Community Brain Injury & Complex Neurological Therapy Service

Make a real difference in neurorehabilitation. Join a specialist multidisciplinary team supporting people living with neurological conditions to maximise independence, recovery and quality of life. Working across homes, clinics and community settings, you'll deliver personalised rehabilitation programmes, empower patients to achieve meaningful goals, and help bring specialist care closer to home.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about rehabilitation and improving people's lives.
• Caring, compassionate and motivated to support recovery.
• A confident communicator with strong teamwork skills.
• Able to work independently, problem solve and manage their own workload.
• Experienced in a therapy, health, social care or rehabilitation setting.
• Flexible and enthusiastic about learning and developing specialist neurorehabilitation skills.

If you enjoy seeing people achieve what matters most to them and want to be part of an innovative specialist neurorehabilitation team, we'd love to hear from you.

• Promote an enabling and person-centred approach, empowering individuals to make informed choices about their rehabilitation.
• Deliver and adapt specialist rehabilitation programmes for people with neurological conditions in community, clinic, home and group settings
• Monitor progress, evaluate outcomes/observations and provide feedback to the multidisciplinary team, identifying any changes in need.
• Provide education, advice and practical strategies to patients, families and carers to support ongoing recovery
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, carers and professionals, including those with cognitive, communication or behavioural difficulties.
• Assist with the maintenance of therapy equipment, resources and treatment environments.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, activity data, patient documentation and other administrative tasks associated with patient care.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audits and governance activities.
• Support students, support workers and new staff through delegation, supervision and training.
• Participate in supervision, training and ongoing professional development, including completion of the AGORED Level 4 qualification where required.

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

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals:
  Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth;
  Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen;
  Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals:
  Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire;
  Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres:
  Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99 community pharmacies;
• 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary…