Assistant Practitioner - #144671

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join our compassionate, friendly and forward-thinking team. Teifi ward is a 30 bedded acute trauma and orthopaedic ward in Glangwili Hospital.

We have recently opened a Trauma Ambulatory unit on the ward, which has a fast turnover of patients. These include day theatre cases, wound reviews and their management and patients requiring antibiotic therapy. This is an exciting opportunity, as the assistant practitioner is able to lead the unit under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Teifi Ward demonstrates a supportive and encouraging environment with an opportunity to learn many new skills within an acute setting, whilst working alongside the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and contributing to high quality care and intervention.

Teifi is also the repatriation ward for the South Wales major trauma service, which gives the successful candidate an opportunity to learn new skills and the opportunity to care for complex polytrauma cases, as well as spinal patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the All Wales Assistant Practitioner Core Competencies.

Within the role the post holder will:

Be responsible for some elements of patient assessment, undertaken in conjunction with the registrant, implementing programmes of care, and modifying programmes of care as delegated by a registered practitioner.

The assistant practitioner will be allocated a group of patients to care for, in the same way that patients are allocated to a registered nurse.

Report regularly to the registered practitioner, recognising own limitations and seeking advice if they are unsure.

Work in support of the multi-disciplinary team: registered nurses, doctors and allied health professionals to provide a seamless service to patients with proximal supervision from a registered nurse/practitioner.

Provide general/specific care as specified below for a specific client group and will be competent to work with other professional disciplines, referring patients for allied health professional assessment and treatment or to other agencies as required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interviews will be held on 23/06/25

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.

Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.

Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).

Community facilities, including:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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