Job summary
The Occupational Therapist within the Stay Well At Home Team works closely with the Physiotherapist, Social Workers and Support Workers to provide a rapid response service to people attending the Emergency Care Department, Clinical Decisions Unit, Acute Medical Unit and wards. The overall aim of the service is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharges using a discharge to assess model.
This is a 7 day week service and staff are expected to work weekends on a rotational basis - x3 12 hours shifts per week (with an additional 6 hours make up shift every 4 weeks). Hours of work 07:30 - 20:00.
Main duties of the job
It is an exciting time for therapies within Cwm Taf Morgannwg. We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and innovative Occupational Therapist to join our integrated multi-professional, national award winning service.
The post holder will need to be a team player who enjoys working in a fast paced environment. You will need excellent clinical reasoning, time management, observation and communication skills and be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in achieving well being and positive health outcomes for the population we serve.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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.
Job description
Job 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
Job description
Job 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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered member of HCPC
- Experience of fieldwork education
- Knowledge of a broad range of medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions
- Knowledge and understanding of factors which can influence discharge planning
Desirable
- Post graduate training in relevent area
- Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments that can be used with servcie users
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of effective one-to-one interactions
- Experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical physical health settings
Desirable
- Experience of advising/teaching other professions
- Experience of cross organisational working
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work well under pressure within wider multi-disciplinary team settings
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills
- Well developed written and verbal communication skills
- demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases
Desirable
- Evidence of effective teaching skills
- Evidence of presenting to wide variety of audiences
- Leadership skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Embrace innovative practice
- Appraise own performance
- Use of clinical supervision
- Autonomous practitioner
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered member of HCPC
- Experience of fieldwork education
- Knowledge of a broad range of medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions
- Knowledge and understanding of factors which can influence discharge planning
Desirable
- Post graduate training in relevent area
- Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments that can be used with servcie users
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of effective one-to-one interactions
- Experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical physical health settings
Desirable
- Experience of advising/teaching other professions
- Experience of cross organisational working
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work well under pressure within wider multi-disciplinary team settings
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills
- Well developed written and verbal communication skills
- demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases
Desirable
- Evidence of effective teaching skills
- Evidence of presenting to wide variety of audiences
- Leadership skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Embrace innovative practice
- Appraise own performance
- Use of clinical supervision
- Autonomous practitioner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
