Team Lead Occupational Therapist

3 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Occupational Therapy team lead in medicine University Hospital Wales, based in Lakeside.

Leadinga team of occupational therapists and technicians you will deliver value based occupationally focussed intervention across Lakeside and IACU, supporting rehabilitation and discharge planning.

The occupational therapy service providesoccupationally focused intervention modelledon theCardiff and Vale Occupational Therapy Strategy and Operational Plan. Embedded in the strategy is the Rehabilitation Model, and three key areas :'doing only what we can do', 'right care right time right place' and 'building a skilled and enabled workforce'.

The occupational therapists are key members of the MDT providing assessment and ongoing therapy to patientsfollowing D2RA and the 'Home First' principle with 'What Matters' conversation central to intervention plans. Partnership working is important to the service to ensure a timely, efficient service.

You will join the established, supportive occupational therapy team within UHW. The service has an active training programme in place with service development, training and CPD opportunities.

We are seeking people who are as passionate as we are about delivering quality occupational therapy intervention to people in the medicine setting.

The posts are full time and will cover 7 day working which includes weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking someone who:

enjoys being part of a busy team

can lead service development in occupational therapy

offers occupational therapy in an inpatient setting

has a current knowledge of complex discharge and can manage complex a caseload

can implement D2RA, Home First and the Cardiff and Vale Occupational Therapy Strategy and Operational Plan

Is ready for a new challenge

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

Please see the Band 7 job description and person specification for the full description and outline of responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Will hold a qualification in Occupational Therapy at degree level or equivalent. Holds professional registration as awarded by HCPC Evidence of recent formal training/learning at higher level /level 7 Holds Practice Educator Training Qualification

Desirable

Evidence of post graduate qualifications in wide selection of clinical conditions

Experience

Essential

Evidence of working in the NHS Evidence of significant post graduate experience in medicine speciality Evidence of team leadership within uni and multidisciplinary teams Evidecne of people management skills

Skills

Essential

Evidence of Autonomous practitioner with self- management skills Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning in medicine speciality Evidence of knowledge of current healthcare policies with application in medicine speciality Evidence of service development/ audit /research Evidence of communication of complex information to a wide audience

Special Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of knowledge and understanding of services that link across the primary and secondary care interface including 3rd sector Evidence of embedding of Health and Safety at Work Act including risk assessment

Desirable

Evidecne of being a member of a specialist interest group relevant ot medicine specilaity

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