Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an experienced physiotherapist to join a developing stroke service in Carmarthenshire, focusing on acute rehabilitation and early discharge. Based at Glangwili General Hospital, you will support stroke patients to return home and regain independence. The position involves delivering rehabilitation in both hospital and community settings, working closely with acute and community stroke teams. You will also participate in an on-call respiratory service and future 7-day working.
Essential criteria
- Professional registration as recognised by HCPC
- Post graduate evidence of specialist education.
- CPD evidence.
- IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate qualification up to post grad diploma level in relevant specialty
- Clinical Education Training Course.
- Member of C.S.P
- Active participation of specialist interest group.
- Post-graduate experience in relevant clinical specialty.
- Completion of junior competency framework.
- Practical experience to a level that would enable participation on the respiratory on call rota
- Therapeutic handling and risk assessments
- Managing a diverse caseload using a clinical reasoning process
- Inter-professional and team working.
- Direct involvement with carers and families.
- Evidence of supporting service compliance with clinical governance requirements.
- Experience of staff supervision
- Evidence of student supervision
- Negoitation of MDT working practices.
- Experience of service development
- Experience of NHS working
- Other
- Evidence of teaching/In Service Training.
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service
- Prepared to participate in on call and extended service
- Ability to travel between sites and in community in a timely manner
- Language Requirements
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
- Qualification and Knowledge
- Professional registration as recognised by HCPC
- Post graduate evidence of specialist education.
- CPD evidence.
- IT Skills
- Post-graduate qualification up to post grad diploma level in relevant specialty
- Clinical Education Training Course.
- Member of C.S.P
- Active participation of specialist interest group.
- Post-graduate experience in relevant clinical specialty.
- Completion of junior competency framework.
- Practical experience to a level that would enable participation on the respiratory on call rota
- Therapeutic handling and risk assessments
- Managing a diverse caseload using a clinical reasoning process
- Inter-professional and team working.
- Direct involvement with carers and families.
- Evidence of supporting service compliance with clinical governance requirements.
- Experience of staff supervision
- Evidence of student supervision
- Negoitation of MDT working practices.
- Experience of service development
- Experience of NHS working
- Other
- Evidence of teaching/In Service Training.
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service
- Prepared to participate in on call and extended service
- Ability to travel between sites and in community in a timely manner
- Language Requirements
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hywel Dda University Health Board
Specialist Physiotherapist
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced physiotherapist to join our rapidly developing stroke service in Carmarthenshire, supporting acute rehabilitation and early discharge from hospital.
If you have a passion for stroke rehabilitation working across the stroke pathway this could be the opportunity for you. You will be based at Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen supporting people who have predominantly experienced a stroke to return home from our acute stroke units.
The role will aim to deliver rehabilitation in hospital and at home in the local community to support transition from hospital and return to independence. To deliver a person-centred rehabilitation and transition pathway the post holder will work alongside the established acute and community stroke teams (in-reaching and out-reaching) to ensure good continuity of care.
We are advertising for 1 post holder - based in Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen.
Physiotherapist video - https://youtu.be/lCLodWLSY3k
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will have experience of working with people who have experienced stroke and/or other life changing events and enjoy working as part of a multi professional team within the acute and community setting. You will work alongside acute and communi
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