Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Are you a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist ?
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a flexible approach to work?
Do you value making a difference to people residing in their own homes?
Do you enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary and multiagency team?
If you've answered YES to these questions, then we would love to hear from you.
Our mission statement within the Neath Port Talbot Community Reablement Team is: To promote independence and improve the daily lives of patients and their families in the community, when they need us.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative occupational therapist to join our busy, dynamic and friendly team.
There is a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary working especially within service development and team learning. The team work together supporting people to stay at home and thereby reducing escalating needs for secondary or social care.
The team includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, rehab technicians, support workers, social workers, community wellbeing officers, nurses, health care support workers and administration assistants.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based in Integrated Health and Social Care teams in Cimla Health & Social Care Centre.
The post will provide an opportunity, as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide rehabilitation to patients and groups of patients in a number of settings, including reablement wards, patients own home and care homes.
The post holder will be required to support therapy input into the exciting new Home First initiative. This post will support people to return home from hospital as soon as they are clinically optimised, allowing them to recover in their own home.
The post holder will need to be able to adopt a flexible approach to work and will also be expected to participate in 7 day working.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent OT qualification) plus relevant postgraduate level training or experience.
2. Professional Registration with HCPC
Desirable criteria
3. Membership of professional body BAOT
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
4. Experience of autonomous caseload management, comprising assessment, planning intervention and evaluation within relevant clinical area
5. Understanding of the Occupational Therapy process with particular emphasis on specialist area
6. Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy with designated client group
7. Knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance and the ability to apply to working practice.
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of research and/ or audit and implementing evidence based practice
9. Previous experience of supervising staff
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable