We are redesigning our community services model and implementing a new Intermediate Care Team and therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a band 7 Occupational Therapist to deliver an urgent community response services and will play a crucial role in developing the service, providing essential support and care to individuals, with a focus on promoting independence, dignity, and well-being.
The objective is to optimise safe and timely discharge from an inpatient stay for patients that need some form of continuing care or prevent admission with interventions that can be managed at home
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
To be responsible for the day-to-day management of a team of staff, both clinical and clerical working within the Occupational Therapy element of the Intermediate Care service.
To act as an autonomous practitioner providing expert assessment in the field of intermediate care and community Occupational Therapy.
To be responsible for the effective treatment and management of adults accessing acute services including assessment, care planning and rehabilitation.
To use highly specialised, advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine a differential diagnosis.
To deliver advanced treatment techniques and advice to patients (and their carers) with highly complex clinical and social presentations.
To independently manage their own daily complex caseload as part of a multi-disciplinary team, prioritising patient’s to reduce the impact on flow; ensuring that patients are seen by the most appropriate healthcare professional.
To take a lead role in the postgraduate education of Occupational Therapy colleagues and other professions.
Welsh Skills Desirable: 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.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborah Davis Job title: Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01656 815488
Jane Paxon
Principal Occupational Therapist for Community & Primary Care
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