CMATS Physiotherapist: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Job summary

We are looking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and skilled musculoskeletal physiotherapist to our experienced CMATS (General and Spinal) Team, within the Central area of BCUHB.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a welcoming team of experienced clinicians, who work closely with our Primary Care practitioners, in addition to Orthopaedic, Pain, Rheumatology, and Primary Care staff and services. Training and support will be provided.

The CMATS service delivers triage and clinical assessment sessions for people with musculoskeletal symptoms and orthopaedic conditions, within the diverse and beautiful Central Area of North Wales. Our aim is to offer excellent assessment and triage of people with musculoskeletal problems within a timely manner; ensuring an appropriate onward management plan through shared decision-making.

We are looking for a person with excellent communication skills, who will have a broad background in assessing and treating musculoskeletal conditions, where additional competency in imaging, requesting bloods or prescribing would be helpful.

Main duties of the job

To take a clinical lead role in the assessment and treatment of patients where the caseload will comprise of mainly patients with highly complexpresentations. This will be through highly specialist / extended scope clinical knowledge and application, audit, research and education. It will require liaison with a diverse number of multidisciplinary specialities and integrated working with other disciplines and agencies.

To work as an autonomous, clinical highly Specialist Physiotherapist. To work with the Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist to develop and deliver a high quality clinical service throughout BCUHB. Leading by example; provide a high standard of specialist assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of locations. Using evidence based principles / current best practice and advanced clinical skills and clinical reasoning assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To develop competencies for frontline clinical staff within the section in order to assess; clinically reason and effectively treat routine cases and identify those with complex needs where support may be required. Support staff to develop skills to identify potential serious pathology in patients referred for Physiotherapy.

To provide an ongoing rolling training programme and support package to develop appropriate knowledge and skills in the workforce within thespecialism and rotational staff base.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Degree/Graduate Diploma in physiotherapy
  • HCPC registered
  • Able to demonstrate continuing professional development
  • Obtained or working towards post graduate (Master’s qualification)
  • Extended scope skills or working towards

Desirable

  • Membership of appropriate special interest group
  • Management leadership training
  • CSP member

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of working as a Senior Physiotherapist
  • Evidence of teaching within post
  • Proven multidisciplinary working
  • Experience of audit

Desirable

  • Experience of lecturing externally
  • Involvement in research
  • Competency in extended scope practice in the specialism
  • Experience of delivering clinical education in area of speciality
  • Competency in extended scope practice in the specialism
  • Experience of working in an NHS environment as physiotherapist and MDT/ multi-agency working where relevant
  • Experience in the relevant speciality
  • Experience of contribution to CNG or working parties.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent clinical reasoning skills in physiotherapy
  • Able to give clear concise written and verbal reports
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Demonstrate professional independence
  • Ability to conduct professional affairs in a confident, assertive manner, using negotiating skills.

Desirable

  • Demonstrate presentation skills
  • Audit/research skills
  • Management and leadership skills
  • Delivery of extend scope practise
  • Advanced clinical practice and clinical reasoning skills to specialist level
  • Able to critique research papers and implement relevant findings.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of complex conditions
  • Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology underlying complex pathology
  • Good working knowledge of all areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management.

Desirable

  • Extensive specialist clinical experience and knowledge in relationship to speciality. Evidence of recent study in relevant clinical area

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Able to work at intense levels of concentration during most of the working day
  • Able to work within a stressful and unpredictable environment
  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

Desirable

  • Welsh speaking

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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