Job summary
It is an exciting time for therapies within Cwm Taf Morgannwg. We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and innovative Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join our integrated multi-professional, national award winning service.
The Occupational Therapist within the Stay Well At Home Team works closely with the Physiotherapist, Social Workers and Support Workers to provide a rapid response service to people attending the Emergency Care Department and Acute Medical Unit.
The overall aim of the service is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharges using a discharge to assess model.
The Stay Well @ Home Service is a 7 day service which allows this post holder to work flexibly across the service Monday- Friday, extended hours. These hours will be agreed upon a success recruitment.
Main duties of the job
It is an exciting time for therapies within Cwm Taf Morgannwg. We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and innovative Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join our integrated multi-professional, national award winning service.
The Team Lead Occupational Therapist within the Stay Well At Home Team works closely with the Physiotherapist, Social Workers and Support Workers to provide a rapid response service to people attending the Emergency Care Department, Clinical Decisions Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Wards. They will also be responsible for providing leadership across the Occupational Therapy division of the service. This will include routine management of operational issues, maintaining high levels of quality and supporting the line manager and Principal OT in identifying and implementing service improvement at times working across traditional Health and Social Care boundaries
The overall aim of the service is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharges using a discharge to assess model.
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the 'Croeso Candidate' booklet.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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 and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Post graduate training in clinical education.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant area
- Interest and involvement in quality, audit and service evaluation.
- Detailed understanding of the principles of partnership working.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in specialist area related to post.
- Significant experience of clinical/team leadership.
- Extensive clinical experience.
- Experience of supervision of new/less experienced/support staff/students
Desirable
- Awareness of current professional issues
- Experience of advising/teaching
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead a team.
- Ability to reflect and objectively appraise own and others performance.
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate to overcome barriers
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, and case management including time management and prioritisation skills.
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
- Able to engage and lead a professional team.
- Ability to cope with exposure to challenging work environments.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Post graduate training in clinical education.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant area
- Interest and involvement in quality, audit and service evaluation.
- Detailed understanding of the principles of partnership working.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in specialist area related to post.
- Significant experience of clinical/team leadership.
- Extensive clinical experience.
- Experience of supervision of new/less experienced/support staff/students
Desirable
- Awareness of current professional issues
- Experience of advising/teaching
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead a team.
- Ability to reflect and objectively appraise own and others performance.
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate to overcome barriers
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, and case management including time management and prioritisation skills.
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
- Able to engage and lead a professional team.
- Ability to cope with exposure to challenging work environments.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this 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).
