Job Summary
An exciting opportunity to work as part of our musculoskeletal physiotherapy team within Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and other health board sites. The job will provide exposure to rehabilitate a range of MSK conditions including persistent pain, upper and lower limb conditions and acute injuries The individual will work as part of an innovative team and contribute to the service development. You will provide both supervision to your colleagues and training to students and colleagues.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential;whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’,just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Main duties of the job
We are really excited to welcome a new assistant practitioner to the MSK Physiotherapy team here at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
This is a great opportunity to develop your clinical and rehabilitation skills managing acute and chronic injuries and be part of a dynamic team alongside our Physiotherapists.
The post holder will be responsible for Undertake routine assessments of patients with specific conditions (subjective and objective assessments) using specific (service area related) skills and assessment forms, following current and developing frameworks.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as Band 3 in healthcare or equivalent experience from the leisure or social care sector
Desirable
- Experience of delivering rehabilitation with patient/service users that require high levels of supervision and advanced communication techniques
- Experience of equipment assessment and prescription
Qualification
Essential
- NVQ 3 level or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of patient conditions and therapy from training or experience
Desirable
- Understanding of principles of physiotherapy and procedures.
Values
Essential
- Excellent team working abilities and able to work flexibly
Desirable
- Ability to teach provide guidance on therapy and mobility activities skills to patients/relatives/carers
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Standard keyboard skills and familiarity of computer software i.e. word processing, email, excel
Desirable
- Involvement in service development and experience of data collection and analysis.
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
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.
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).
Closing Date: 05 February 2026
