Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

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The closing date is 05 February 2026

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.

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.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline ther you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

o We listen, learn, and improve

o We treat everyone with respect

o We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

• Experience of working as Band 3 in healthcare or equivalent experience from the leisure or social care sector
• Experience of delivering rehabilitation with patient/service users that require high levels of supervision and advanced communication techniques
• Experience of equipment assessment and prescription

• NVQ 3 level or equivalent

• Knowledge of patient conditions and therapy from training or experience
• Understanding of principles of physiotherapy and procedures.

• Excellent team working abilities and able to work flexibly
• Ability to teach provide guidance on therapy and mobility activities skills to patients/relatives/carers

• Standard keyboard skills and familiarity of computer software i.e. word processing, email, excel
• Involvement in service development and experience of data collection and analysis.
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

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.

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