Occupational Therapist for the Llandough Centre for Specialist Spinal Rehabilitation: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and suitably skilled Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic spinal cord injury rehabilitation team based at the University hospital of Llandough. You will also be part of the larger spinal team which includes services in University hospital of Wales. This is an exciting period as we are currently operationalising our Occupational Therapy strategy across the spinal pathway providing opportunity to engage in service development and ensuring we provide the best value to our service users. We wish to appoint an ambitious and motivated individual with excellent communication skills, effective team working and a passion for development and service improvement. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and will have relevant undergraduate experience for the role. They will undertake clinical duties as required and will contribute to the general running of the service. The postholder will work within an agreed job plan and objectives which will be reviewed yearly as part of the UHB appraisal process. They may be required to work their normal contracted hours flexibly in a variety of different working patterns in response to the needs of the service where they are placed. For example, this could include working their contracted hours as part of a 7-day job plan or working their hours over a pattern that includes extended days and unsocial hours. They will take responsibility for their own patient caseload, deciding on nature, type and frequency of intervention with support from more experienced staff. They will work as part of the multidisciplinary team and will communicate across agencies as appropriate. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support. Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amy Joyce Job title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: amy.joyce@wales.nhs.uk For further information please contact Elena Perkins team lead occupational therapist for the Llandough spinal cord injury unit Elena.Perkins@wales.nhs.uk