Experienced Occupational Therapist - Stroke
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Job Overview
This is a fixed term/secondment post for 12 months until 01/09/2026 due to maternity cover.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
We are excited to be able to offer this opportunity, to join our Team in Stroke Service provision, providing quality rehabilitation and developing early supported discharge in Pembrokeshire. The Occupational Therapy provision is led by a great Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist.
Job Overview
This is a fixed term/secondment post for 12 months until 01/09/2026 due to maternity cover.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
We are excited to be able to offer this opportunity, to join our Team in Stroke Service provision, providing quality rehabilitation and developing early supported discharge in Pembrokeshire. The Occupational Therapy provision is led by a great Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist.
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will be an integral part of an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team which includes Consultants, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses and Rehabilitation Assistants.
The post involves as mentioned taking a holistic approach to rehabilitation for best outcomes for patient and this could involve manual handling, education, cognitive, sensory, condition management and physical function.
Your post will cover the entire stroke pathway from admission through to the developing early supported discharge service. You will be delivering high quality, evidence based, customer focussed occupational therapy services to ensure that people experience a smooth transition from Hospital to home and between acute and community care.
Main duties of the job
You will have a strong clinical grounding in stroke rehabilitation, and complex manual handling, as well as a good understanding of current issues affecting acute and community services.
Successful applicants will require an excellent ability to work autonomously, managing and prioritising a diverse and unpredictable caseload, with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing and pressurised environment alongside members of the multidisciplinary team.
You should have advanced clinical knowledge, risk assessment skills and Manual Handling experience. You should also be committed to the learning and development of your team, students and yourself.
The post will have some managerial responsibilities including PDR and supervision of staff, provide leadership and advice, developing your own clinical skills and those of others, undertaking evaluation, audit, and contributing to research as required .
You will be a flexible, organised individual with excellent time management skills to manage a complex caseload, support triage and allocation of cases, the handover process and guide appropriate, relevant clinical discussions.
This is an exciting opportunity for driven individuals, passionate about the value of Occupational Therapy to maintain momentum in transforming our acute and community services across organisations for the people of Pembrokeshire.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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