Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge and have an interest in working in the acute medical unit environment? Do you have a passion for service development, leadership and opportunities to work within an integrated fast paced service aimed at delivering care closer to home?
We are excited to present this new Band 7 post for either a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist or a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist within the Community Admissions Avoidance Therapies Team (CAATT). The successful applicant will work closely with registered Therapists and Assistant Therapy Practitioner's as part of a multi-professional therapies team to provide a rapid response service to people attending the Acute Medical Units in The Royal Gwent Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.
This post offers a fantastic opportunity to develop leadership, clinical, operational and management skills working as part of the urgent care MDT. Furthermore, as this is an evolving service there will be excellent opportunities to develop, implement, measure and evaluate change for the purpose of Quality Improvement.
The post holder will, in line with all CAATT clinical staff, consider the wellbeing of service users and support their choices with the aims of reducing unnecessary admissions to hospital, facilitating safe early discharges, reducing lengths of stay and reducing readmission rates in accordance with the Discharge to Recover and Assess (D2RA), Home First and Clinical Futures vision across ABUHB.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess the ability of individuals to manage daily activities and liaise with the families, carers and advocates as well as the Local Authority Community Care Division, Hospital Bed Management and the Discharge Liaison Teams, in order to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital. They will advise medical staff regarding the potential for discharge where an individual has been admitted for observation or assessment.
CAATT Therapists undertake assessments and interventions to promote independence; self-management; compensatory strategies; functional assessment and education. In order to achieve. In order to complete this, there will be a requirement to undertake blurred boundary/interprofessional working with competencies aligned to Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Dietetics supported by robust competency and review frameworks. The post holder will also bring Highly Specialist skills from their relevant profession which will be utilised in their assessments and interventions as well as facilitating supervision, mentoring and development of staff across CAATT.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit 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.
The post holder will be based across the Royal Gwent Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. However, there may be occasions when there is an opportunity / expectation to work across other sites within ABUHB to ensure that the CAATT service remains responsive to demands.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
The post holder will be based across the Royal Gwent Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. However, there may be occasions when there is an opportunity / expectation to work across other sites within ABUHB to ensure that the CAATT service remains responsive to demands.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adapt to changes in work routine
- Clear reason for specific job application
Desirable
- Ability to speak welsh
- IT Literate
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to discuss complex cases and clinical reasoning
- Ability to act upon adverse clinical signs
- Good verbal communication
- Ability to lead and work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to discuss ad apply clinical governance
- Excellent knowledge of relevant national and local clinical guidelines
Desirable
- IT Literate
- Awareness of research principles and findings and the impact on clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at band 6 level in this specialist area
- Significant post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of audit
- Experiencing of supervising staff
- Experience of having worked unsupervised at band 6 level
Desirable
- Contributed to change management process
- Experience of representing own profession
- Experience of integrating service users into service development
Education/Qualification
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Clinical Educators Courses
Desirable
- Evidence of study at level 7 or appropriate comparable experience / qualification
- Member of relevant interest group
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adapt to changes in work routine
- Clear reason for specific job application
Desirable
- Ability to speak welsh
- IT Literate
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to discuss complex cases and clinical reasoning
- Ability to act upon adverse clinical signs
- Good verbal communication
- Ability to lead and work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to discuss ad apply clinical governance
- Excellent knowledge of relevant national and local clinical guidelines
Desirable
- IT Literate
- Awareness of research principles and findings and the impact on clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at band 6 level in this specialist area
- Significant post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of audit
- Experiencing of supervising staff
- Experience of having worked unsupervised at band 6 level
Desirable
- Contributed to change management process
- Experience of representing own profession
- Experience of integrating service users into service development
Education/Qualification
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Clinical Educators Courses
Desirable
- Evidence of study at level 7 or appropriate comparable experience / qualification
- Member of relevant interest group
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
The Royal Gwent Hospital / Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
Cardiff Road / Ystrad Fawr Way
Newport / Ystrad Mynach CF82 7GP
NP20 2UB
Employer's website
https://abuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
