Occupational Therapist, Intermediate Care Service
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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 patients 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 doesnt 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 isnt 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.
Manage their own complex caseload efficiently and effectively, balancing other patient related and professional demands to meet departmental and organisational priorities.
On a daily basis take a major role in the advanced assessment of highly complex patients.
Communicate and receive complex condition information relating to the patient.
Communicate sensitive information to patients/carers where there might be barriers to understanding e.g. cultural/ language differences, due to age if dealing with elderly patients who may have dementia.
Use highly advanced analytical skills to determine the appropriate course of action for each individual patient, signposting to the appropriate pathway. This may include advice, developing a care package to be delivered by others or referral onwards.
Determine patient/carer understanding of multiple treatment proposals and produce plans in conjunction with the patient/carer. This will include the ability to gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
Impart knowledge and skills, guiding further knowledge acquisition and acting as a mentor.
Regularly undertake research/audit within the Intermediate Care service, developing an advanced practice portfolio and implementing best practice in line with National Guidelines.
Use electronic systems to enable the accurate collection, interpretation and analysis of data.
Maintains and stores patient records and information in line with Health Board policy.
Participate in regular reviews of the service in collaboration with the line manager; and modifies /develops policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols to enable service improvement.
Influence and implements change within own practice, monitors standards of practice within the service.
Represent the Intermediate Care Service, to service users and other stakeholders when required .
Maintain the day to day running of the Occupational Therapy element of the Intermediate Care Service, ensuring the service is used to its full capacity, within the designated location.
Provide direct advice for management and/or deliver short-term intervention if appropriate .
Train patients on how to use the specialist equipment safely. Able to perform and cope with all aspects of manual handling, equipment and advanced manual treatment techniques.
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