What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reablement and Falls Specialist Physiotherapist position at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board?
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The post holder will be based at Monnow Vale Health & Social Care Facility, Integrated Service Hub for Central Monmouthshire, working
alongside health & social care colleagues in a well-established community based Integrated Team. The post holder will lead on the
development & delivery of a specialist falls service for Tier 3 Complex Fallers, engaging the wider MDT, and working alongside existing
qualified and support staff, and support delivery of a physiotherapy service to Tier 2 Fallers requiring Reablement input.
The postholder will additionally manage a general community-based caseload as required
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Provide advanced clinical falls risk assessment, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, for older people with a wide variety of complex
falls presentations for service users with unexplained falls, dizziness and giddiness in a variety of community settings, including HMP
Usk
of falling
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The post holder will be based at Monnow Vale Health & Social Care Facility, Integrated Service Hub for Central Monmouthshire, working
alongside health & social care colleagues in a well-established community based Integrated Team. The post holder will lead on the
development & delivery of a specialist falls service for Tier 3 Complex Fallers, engaging the wider MDT, and working alongside existing
qualified and support staff, and support delivery of a physiotherapy service to Tier 2 Fallers requiring Reablement input.
The postholder will additionally manage a general community-based caseload as required
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Provide advanced clinical falls risk assessment, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, for older people with a wide variety of complex
falls presentations for service users with unexplained falls, dizziness and giddiness in a variety of community settings, including HMP
Usk
- Devise bespoke intervention management and rehabilitation programmes for this specialist caseload based upon the findings of the
of falling
- Independently manage this highly specialist complex caseload, making differential diagnosis and advising on further medical
- Provide a wide range of clinical and leadership skills to support management of the Reablement Physiotherapy caseload and direct
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy Registered with Health Professions Council (HCPC
- Postural Stability Instructor qualification (PSI
Essential criteria
- Registered with Health Professions Council (HCPC)
- Experience of working alongside GPs/ consultants and MDT/ IST members with this specialised caseload
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