Falls Prevention Practitioner

Job summary

The Newport Community Resource Team have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Falls Practitioner working within their Specialist Falls service. You will have a Health, Social Care or Paramedic professional qualification.

The position requires excellent assessment skills together with a history of effective multi-disciplinary team working. The successful candidate will undertake falls assessments and programmes with individual's in their own homes whilst also being part of an established and successful Consultant led Falls Clinic team.

Main duties of the job

The Newport Falls Service is integrated with the wider Community Resource Team and partners. We work closley as a multi-disciplinary service to ensure a full hostilic assessment is completed for the individual to help minimise the risk of falls and increase independence.The service also offers the successful candidate excellent learning and development opportunities.

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

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.