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Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 15 October 2025
Would you like to continue your professional development in a well-supported and innovative OT Service? Then come and join our acute medical team at Prince Charles Hospital
With a wealth of learning and development opportunities such as a Band 6 Development Framework, a training passport tailored to your learning needs and peer support you will be able to consolidate and enhance your specialist Occupational Therapy and leadership and management skills.
As part of a close MDT, you will work together with your patients to identify meaningful goals, provide assessments, identify appropriate interventions and support their independence and discharge from hospital.
The post holder will carry an independent caseload of patients and deliver occupational therapy intervention to a high standard with the ethos of providing evidence based, high quality interventions.
The successful candidate will work closely with the MDT, Principal OT, Discharge Liaison Team and Local Authorities to ensure effective cross boundary and agency working.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention, rehabilitation and discharge planning for patients to ensure a safe and timely discharge and to enable the person to remain in their home.
You will provide supervision and support to junior members of the team and student Occupational Therapists and have a passion for delivering evidence based, quality intervention using research, audit and quality improvement projects. The post holder will be flexible to service needs, possess excellent self-management skills and administer their caseload efficiently to ensure effective intervention focused on preventing avoidable admissions, rehabilitation and efficient discharge planning, depending on setting.
We are looking for a candidate that is motivated, enthusiastic with exceptional communication and people skills.
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. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.
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 tea
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 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
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Registered member of HCPC
* Documented evidence of CPD
* Post-graduate training in motivational interviewing, goal planning
* Post graduate training/accreditation in fieldwork education
* Membership of professional body
Experience
* Experience of autonomous caseload management, comprising assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation within relevant clinical areas.
* Understanding the OT process with particular emphasis on physical conditions
* Supervision of staff
* Understanding the current best practice in OT with designated client group
* Knowledge of the principle of clinical governance
* Knowledge of a range of policies/procedures e.g. ( risk management, protection of venerable adults, DOLs)
* Experience of audit
* Experience of multidisciplinary working
* Experience of working in the community
* Experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical physical health settings
Aptitude and Abilities
* Ability to work single-handedly with individuals or groups
* Organisational, planning and time management skills
* Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases
* Knowledge of broad range of medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions
* Knowledge and understanding of cognitive, physical, psychological and cultural factors which can influence discharge planning
* Understanding of team dynamics
* Ability to undertake physical activity required for handling of clients
* Effective written and oral communication skills
* Computer skills e.g. use of word, excel, PowerPoint and data inputting
* Ability to travel across sites and to client's homes and community settings
* Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role
Knowledge
* Knowledge of broad range of medical conditions and stroke
* Knowledge of factors that can influence discharge
* Knowledge of standardised /non standardised assessments
* Knowledge of national drivers for health/stroke provision
* Knowledge of stroke specific assessments and interventions
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.
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