What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Occupational Therapist position at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board?
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, working within codes of practice and will manage a varied and complex caseload providing
highly skilled Occupational Therapy intervention for Monmouthshire residents who are in their own home and in-patients at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. To facilitate the maintenance and improvement in their wellbeing to complete their activities of daily living, through Reablement and any other OT Intervention that may be required. Peers or external reference points may provide guidance.
The post holder will work in conjunction with other Band 6 Occupational therapists in this role and provide ongoing input to those individuals
who live in Abergavenny area alongside the other multidisciplinary workers in integrated services and provide OT assessment and intervention input into Nevill Hall Hospital for patients who live across Monmouthshire to ensure timely discharge. They will also be expected to complete generic tasks as the lead worker on the case such as commissioning and reviewing long term care and support. The post holder will be expected to work towards the development of experience within his or her own clinical specialism.
Main duties of the job
To practice occupational therapy safely.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Essential
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, working within codes of practice and will manage a varied and complex caseload providing
highly skilled Occupational Therapy intervention for Monmouthshire residents who are in their own home and in-patients at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. To facilitate the maintenance and improvement in their wellbeing to complete their activities of daily living, through Reablement and any other OT Intervention that may be required. Peers or external reference points may provide guidance.
The post holder will work in conjunction with other Band 6 Occupational therapists in this role and provide ongoing input to those individuals
who live in Abergavenny area alongside the other multidisciplinary workers in integrated services and provide OT assessment and intervention input into Nevill Hall Hospital for patients who live across Monmouthshire to ensure timely discharge. They will also be expected to complete generic tasks as the lead worker on the case such as commissioning and reviewing long term care and support. The post holder will be expected to work towards the development of experience within his or her own clinical specialism.
Main duties of the job
To practice occupational therapy safely.
- To plan and prioritise own patient workload.
- To assess and address occupational therapy performance skills in the areas of mobility, sensory deficits, intrapersonal skills, intrapersonal
- To assess and interpret patient conditions and provide occupational therapy interventions in cases presenting a high degree of complexity
- Communicates condition related information, sensitive information to patients and families which requires empathy & reassurance.
- To identify and order equipment needed for patients to maintain their independence within their home environment.
- To maintain records and documentation required by work settings in accordance with the Monmouthshire Integrated Service and COT
- To attend and participate in wards rounds/case conferences / MDTs.
- To adhere to the COT code of professional conduct and ethics including confidentiality.
- To assess for and manage risks.
- To actively develop and maintain close working relationships with colleagues across disciplines and agencies. This will include agencies
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Essential
Essential criteria
- Degree or postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registratio
- Plus experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level in clinical area, eg, perception, cognition or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
- Practice Placement Educator
- Supervision experience of junior/unregistered staff or students
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of working autonomously and setting own priorities
- Experience of working in a range of clinical settings
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