Main area Acute Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 9am-5pm) Job ref 110-AHP074-0625
Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Royal Glamorgan Hospital Town Llantrisant Salary £37,898 - £45,637 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/07/2025 23:59
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given toapplications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to make a meaningful impact on the lives of adults experiencing mental health challenges?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist with mental health experience to join our inpatient team at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant. In this role, you will provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) setting, ensuring the delivery of an evidence-based, occupation-focused service.
You will benefit from regular professional supervision with the OT Team Lead, as well as peer supervision and support through the Band 6 Professional Development Forum.
Our inpatient mental health unit accommodates individuals both informally and under the Mental Health Act, making a strong understanding of relevant legislation essential for this role. You will work alongside a dedicated MDT, liaising closely with colleagues in community mental health teams, home treatment, and rehabilitation services to ensure continuity of care.
This post is directly supervised by the Band 7 Team Lead, with additional support from a fellow Band 6, a Rotational Band 5, and a Band 3 OT Technician.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will:
· Promote recovery and self-management strategies to empower service users.
· Conduct comprehensive OT assessments to inform intervention plans, identify strengths, and develop adaptive strategies.
· Play a vital role in reducing hospital admissions and supporting inclusion.
· Actively contribute to risk assessment, ensuring effective risk management in collaboration with the MDT.
· Provide an occupational perspective within MDT care plans.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Registered member of the Health Professional Council.
* Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments that can be used with service user group.
Experience
* Evidence graduate clinical experience related to post.
* Experience of effective one to-one interactions and group based interventions.
* Experience of applying professional theory to practice.
* Evidence of multi-disciplinary and partnership working.
* Evidence of risk assessment and management principles.
* Experience in an acute setting and/or the community.
Aptitude and abilities
* Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
* Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, including time management and prioritisation skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - demonstrating sensitivity, empathy and non-judgemental approach within challenging or distressing situations.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
* Ability to speak Welsh
* Understanding of the theory and practical application goal orientated approach.
Values
* Using own initiative and is self-motivated, innovative and creative.
* Work flexibly and respond to unpredictable, challenging work environments.
Other
* Ability to travel throughout CTMUHB in a timely manner.
* Ability to undertake duties of the role.
* Possess a current enhanced DBS certificate indicating an eligibility to work with vulnerable children and adults.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Richard Hewett Job title Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address richard.hewett@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 01443443443 Additional information
Victoria Newman
Principal Occupational Therapist - Adult Mental Health
victoria.newman2@wales.nhs.uk
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