Specialist Occupational Therapist

Are you interested in developing your career and shaping the role of Occupational Therapy in dementia care? Do you want to deliver occupation focused, evidence based interventions within a team that values Occupational Therapy?

We are looking for an innovative and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our team in the Memory Assessment Service, Rhondda based in Ysybyty George Thomas, Treorchy.

You will offer patients innovative and evidence-based Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions, supporting independence in the community, access to meaningful occupation and increased wellbeing.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The post holder will be required to deliver on a range of performance indicators including:

- improving independence.
- delivering and monitoring accredited competency based training e.g. Calderdale.
- supporting the achievement of competencies by Health and Social Care Support Workers.
- Use the Occupational Therapy process autonomously in various settings, including lone working in the community in service users’ homes.
- Manage a defined caseload in providing an assessment and rehabilitation service to people referred to the team.
- Use evidence based practice/service user centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in homes and community settings.
- Maintain clinical records according to local and professional guidelines.
- Develop specialist skills and knowledge through an agreed personal development plan.
- Contribute to the delivery of evidence-based training and competency-based practice to OT Support Workers.
- Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team involved with the provision of health and social care services to service users.
- Contribute to the review and development of Older Persons Mental Health Occupational Therapy services.
- Develop local networks with other teams providing similar services, contributing to the wider professional network.
- Complete statistics according to the service and ICF requirements individuals, carers and staff using the equipment

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.