Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational therapist to work as part of the Multidisciplinary/Multiagency Community Resource Team based in the Bridgend area.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated OT to provide Reablement to adults with a variety of medical and surgical conditions.
Working as part of a team the successful candidate will need to work collaboratively, flexibly and pro-actively to deliver effective time limited OT interventions to support people to remain independent in their own homes.
The successful candidate will hold a defined case load providing evidence-based interventions to promote independence and quality of life.
Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential within this post. The successful candidate will need to plan and manage their time effectively, ensuring prioritisation and completion of both clinical and non-clinical tasks to ensure effective workload management and the ability to respond with flexibly and timeliness to the needs of the service.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is committed to providing professional supervision and supporting continuing Professional development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will hold a defined case load providing evidence-based interventions to promote independence and quality of life.
Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential within this post.
The successful candidate will need to plan and manage their time effectively, ensuring prioritisation and completion of both clinical and non-clinical tasks to ensure effective workload management and the ability to respond with flexibly and timeliness to the needs of the service.
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
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
To manage a defined caseload within specialist area, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the outcomes of intervention in hospital and in the community maintaining associated records. To organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
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
To manage a defined caseload within specialist area, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the outcomes of intervention in hospital and in the community maintaining associated records. To organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
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
Skills / Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the Occupational Therapy process with particular emphasis on physical conditions.
- Awareness of specific government policy / legislation pertinent to the clinical areas.
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals
- Organizational, planning and time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Computer skills e.g. use of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and data inputting
- Ability to travel across sites to clients homes and community settings where required in order to carry out clinical tasks
- Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service and prioritise workload appropriately
Desirable
- Experience of research and/ or audit and implementing evidence based practice
- Previous experience of supervising staff
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent OT qualification
- Professional Registration with HPC
Desirable
- Membership of professional body BAOT
- Accredited fieldwork supervisor for the education of OT students
Person Specification
Skills / Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the Occupational Therapy process with particular emphasis on physical conditions.
- Awareness of specific government policy / legislation pertinent to the clinical areas.
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals
- Organizational, planning and time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Computer skills e.g. use of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and data inputting
- Ability to travel across sites to clients homes and community settings where required in order to carry out clinical tasks
- Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service and prioritise workload appropriately
Desirable
- Experience of research and/ or audit and implementing evidence based practice
- Previous experience of supervising staff
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent OT qualification
- Professional Registration with HPC
Desirable
- Membership of professional body BAOT
- Accredited fieldwork supervisor for the education of OT students
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
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).
