Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-ACS002-0125
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trem Y Mor /Bryn Y Cae (community)
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Technician
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Therapy technician to work within the expanding Multidisciplinary/Multiagency Community Resource Team based in the Bridgend area.
Previous experience of working within the NHS or Social services care setting is essential for the post as well as NVQ level 3 / Agored level 3 related to Health /Social care.
The successful candidate would support the Therapy staff to deliver individual reablement interventions to people who have suffered an acute physical episode.
The role involves delivering services to promote maximum independence and facilitate optimal function for clients to return safely to their own homes. The post involves clinical and non-clinical duties.
The successful candidate would have the support and regular supervision/PADR from the therapists based within CRT.
The successful candidate would have completed or is willing to complete the AGORED Support staff Diploma.
Main duties of the job
To be a fully engaged member of the Community Resource Team (CRT) providing a service within a defined area, supporting the therapists with clients who may have complex needs in the community
To undertake intervention programmes provided by therapists with individual clients or groups, this may involve fitting and instruction on the use of adaptive equipment, the supervision of adaptive daily living skills and leading therapeutic groups.
Maintain clinical records (paper & electronic) and report accurately to others.
Carry out administrative duties in relation to clinical, service, departmental needs.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Quality Credit Framework qualification at level 2 eg NVQ or OCN related to Health & Social Care.
- Quality Credit Framework qualification at level 3 eg NVQ or OCN related to Health & Social Care.
- Relevant Agored Cymru qualifications or willingness to participate and achieve appropriate Agored Cymru qualifications
- Documented evidence of participation in training activities
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body and/or special interest group
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role of occupational therapy &Physiotherapy.
- Relevant experience working within health, social or teaching settings
- Understanding of the concept of reablement within the clinical area
- Awareness of Occupational Therapy equipment e.g. toilet equipment
- Basic knowledge of some conditions and the effects of illness on function.
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance
- Awareness of Health & Safety legislation & practices.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and/or groups
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Computer skills e.g. use of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and data inputting
- Ability to travel across sites to work and to carry out clinical tasks
- To carry out home visits, single handedly, to clients homes to deliver and fit equipment as directed.
- Awareness of team dynamics and work effectively as part of a team.
- Planning and organisational skills
- Have the ability to reflect on own performance
- Ability to work under pressure
- Physical & emotional stamina to deal with sensitive and difficult situations
- Ability to maintain and record specific items of stock
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Adaptability to a working environment non routine in nature
- Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service and prioritise workload appropriately.
- Good time management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Roberts
- Job title
- Assistant Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 815888
- Additional information
Caroline Roberts 01656 815888
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