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Job Overview
If you are an experienced Occupational Therapist, who is also a proactive, motivated and compassionate individual, then this is an opportunity for you to use your skills to provide Clinical Leadership delivering Occupational Therapy in Pembrokeshire.
Job Overview
If you are an experienced Occupational Therapist, who is also a proactive, motivated and compassionate individual, then this is an opportunity for you to use your skills to provide Clinical Leadership delivering Occupational Therapy in Pembrokeshire.
Based in Withybush General Hospital we believe in a Home First approach, with Occupational Therapy as a n integral part of MDT working, providing Occupational Therapy input to a range of Wards that include Medicine, Cardiac, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Frailty, as well as patients coming through the trauma network pathway with neurological conditions.
You will need good interpersonal skills to provide leadership and advice; to support and coordinate the triage and allocation of cases; to oversee the handover process and guide appropriate, relevant clinical discussions.
Team priorities change throughout the day. We are therefore seeking to appoint a self-motivated, forward-thinking person, who will be committed to the development of themselves and the team, striving to provide close working with the wider acute multidisciplinary team, intermediate care and the community and third sector teams aiming to deliver the right support, at the right time with an ethos of home first.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have a flexible approach to the needs of the service and be an organised individual with excellent time management skills, able to manage a complex caseload.
You will have advanced clinical knowledge, risk assessment skills and Manual Handling experience.
You will need the ability and skills to work autonomously and alongside members of the team in a managerial and clinical role with responsibilities including PDR and supervision of staff.
You will be committed to delivering evidence based practice, developing your own clinical skills and those of others.
You will provide leadership in the development and ongoing quality assurance of the service, undertaking evaluation, audit, and contributing to research as required.
You will have skills in supporting a range of colleagues, including junior members, members of the wider multidisciplinary team and the Service Lead.
You will be able to represent Occupational Therapy in discussions with key stakeholders and promote service development aimed at improving patient outcomes, experience and flow throughout the hospital and on to their homes.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh Speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
* Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
* Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
* Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
* 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
* Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
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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