Job summary
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board's Occupational Therapy Service is seeking an exceptional Occupational Therapist who is ready to embrace an exciting opportunity as Clinical Professional Lead in Acute and Trauma services. This senior role provides both professional and operational leadership across a diverse and dynamic service area. As a key member of our senior leadership team, the post holder will play a central role in shaping services, influencing strategic direction, and championing quality, person-centred care.
We are looking for someone who brings a blend of clinical credibility, leadership capability, and personal drive. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
o Extensive clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist within relevant acute or trauma settings.o Proven leadership experience, including leading people, teams, and complex services.o A strong track record in service development, quality improvement, and change management.o Ability to work collaboratively across professions and services.o Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
o A positive, proactive, and curious mindset.o Enthusiasm, passion, and a genuine commitment to high-quality patient care.o Compassionate leadership style, with the ability to motivate and empower others.o A team-player who thrives in collaborative environments.o Resilience, adaptability, and confidence in navigating complexity
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
o Provide senior professional and operational leadership for Occupational Therapy across the Acute and Trauma portfolio.o Offer high quality clinical guidance, ensuring high standards of practice and robust clinical governance.o Lead and support teams through change, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.o Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making as part of the senior leadership group.o Foster a culture of compassionate leadership, collaboration, and continuous learning.o Work closely with professional and operational leaders to ensure services are efficient, responsive, and aligned with organisational priorities.o Champion innovation and evidence-based practice across the portfolio.
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 specialty 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification Requirement for the full details for the role requirements.
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and evaluation of service delivery ensuring effective management of human and otherresources. The post holder will also provide the clinical and professional interface with the OT leads working in the above-named services. There will be a close working relationship with all other community services and non-statutory organisations. To communicate specialist information on a range of service development issues within the organisation and across other providers where there maybe resistance to change and where co-operation is required to take developments forward. In addition to managing a small caseload of highly complex patients there will be a particular emphasis on maintaining the patient flow through thesystem and in delivering the objectives of the Health Board. The post holder will provide input to the planning and leadership to implement, develop and evaluate the occupational therapy service. The post holder will be responsible for planning and delivering effective and efficient services to promote independence, avoid hospital admission, reduce bed days and provide services appropriate to meet the needs of the individual. The post holder will form part of the senior leadership group across Occupational therapy, ABUHB.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification Requirement for the full details for the role requirements.
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and evaluation of service delivery ensuring effective management of human and otherresources. The post holder will also provide the clinical and professional interface with the OT leads working in the above-named services. There will be a close working relationship with all other community services and non-statutory organisations. To communicate specialist information on a range of service development issues within the organisation and across other providers where there maybe resistance to change and where co-operation is required to take developments forward. In addition to managing a small caseload of highly complex patients there will be a particular emphasis on maintaining the patient flow through thesystem and in delivering the objectives of the Health Board. The post holder will provide input to the planning and leadership to implement, develop and evaluate the occupational therapy service. The post holder will be responsible for planning and delivering effective and efficient services to promote independence, avoid hospital admission, reduce bed days and provide services appropriate to meet the needs of the individual. The post holder will form part of the senior leadership group across Occupational therapy, ABUHB.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Hold a full MSc/Level 7 qualification or be wokrign towards ML7 study
- Evidence of leadership and management training at level 5 or above
- Practice placement educator
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT/BAOT
- Membership of special interest groups/community of practice
Expereince, knowledge & understanding
Essential
- Extensive clinical leadership experience at Band 7 level
- Supervision experience of junior staff or students
- Extensive clinical experience
- Experience of research or audit
- Extensive experience of working with others in partnership/collaboration
Desirable
- Experience of working in a project team or as project manager
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to represent the service at corporate level
- Highly effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own and others performance and develop new methods of working
- Ability to work to deadlines and deliver outcomes
Desirable
- Financial/budgetary management responsibility/experience
- Ability to speak Welsh
- The ability to move between sites within the Health Board, Local Authority or service user's homes as demanded by the job role
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Hold a full MSc/Level 7 qualification or be wokrign towards ML7 study
- Evidence of leadership and management training at level 5 or above
- Practice placement educator
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT/BAOT
- Membership of special interest groups/community of practice
Expereince, knowledge & understanding
Essential
- Extensive clinical leadership experience at Band 7 level
- Supervision experience of junior staff or students
- Extensive clinical experience
- Experience of research or audit
- Extensive experience of working with others in partnership/collaboration
Desirable
- Experience of working in a project team or as project manager
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to represent the service at corporate level
- Highly effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own and others performance and develop new methods of working
- Ability to work to deadlines and deliver outcomes
Desirable
- Financial/budgetary management responsibility/experience
- Ability to speak Welsh
- The ability to move between sites within the Health Board, Local Authority or service user's homes as demanded by the job role
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).
