Job summary
Occupational Therapist for the Llandough Centre for Specialist Spinal Rehabilitation:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic spinal cord injury pathway. You will join a committed team providing integrated spinal care across the pathway. As a Band 7, you will be a catalyst for change, promoting effective leadership and clinical delivery, optimising outcomes, and ensuring management of data. The role focuses on delivering person-centred care, ensuring the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place. The service values an MDT approach, promoting training and partnership working. Flexible hours may be required to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert clinical knowledge, opinion, and practice for those with spinal cord injury needs using evidence-based/person-centred principles and developing professional practice in line with national guidelines.
- Support leadership and specialist Occupational Therapy clinical delivery within the spinal cord injury unit, providing specialist training, consultation, and education regarding spinal cord injury in non-specialist settings prior to admission or on repatriation.
- Support the delivery of assessment and management within the spinal cord injury unit, plus outreach in line with national clinical guidelines.
- Carry a varied and complex caseload, lead a team of registered and non-registered staff, and work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide expert clinical supervision, support, and advice to the occupational therapy team.
- Manage staff and workflow within the designated staff group, maintaining professional standards within the occupational therapy team.
- Contribute to data collection and analysis.
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills, effective teamwork, and a passion for service improvement. Working with the Occupational Therapy specialist spinal cord injury team, you will support the continued development of a high-quality, evidence-based Occupational Therapy Service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
Essential
- Qualification in Occupational Therapy at degree level or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of recent formal training/ learning and continued professional development at a higher level
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualifications in a wide selection of clinical conditions
- Masters level qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning/problem solving skills within clinical areas and therapeutic handling
- Knowledge of current healthcare policies and application in clinical area in order to contribute to service development.
- Proven leadership skills
- Ability to manage a clinical caseload
- Mechanisms of Audit and research methodology.
Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge in the clinical area.
- Awareness of Health and Safety/ clinical risk management
- Knowledge and understanding of services that link across the primary/secondary care interface to provide integrated care. This is to include voluntary organisations.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability cope under pressure demonstrating resilience
- Ability to demonstrate empathy
- Able to lead by example, and role model UHB behaviours and values
Other
Essential
- Able to travel, in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the job
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Managing a complex/highly complex caseload.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Post-graduate experience, including in the specialty or associated specialty relevant to the post.
- Team Leadership within uni and multidisciplinary teams.
- People management - negotiation skills within a team of staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in Occupational Therapy at degree level or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of recent formal training/ learning and continued professional development at a higher level
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualifications in a wide selection of clinical conditions
- Masters level qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning/problem solving skills within clinical areas and therapeutic handling
- Knowledge of current healthcare policies and application in clinical area in order to contribute to service development.
- Proven leadership skills
- Ability to manage a clinical caseload
- Mechanisms of Audit and research methodology.
Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge in the clinical area.
- Awareness of Health and Safety/ clinical risk management
- Knowledge and understanding of services that link across the primary/secondary care interface to provide integrated care. This is to include voluntary organisations.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability cope under pressure demonstrating resilience
- Ability to demonstrate empathy
- Able to lead by example, and role model UHB behaviours and values
Other
Essential
- Able to travel, in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the job
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Managing a complex/highly complex caseload.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Post-graduate experience, including in the specialty or associated specialty relevant to the post.
- Team Leadership within uni and multidisciplinary teams.
- People management - negotiation skills within a team of staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
