Job summary
- Main area
- Continuing Healthcare
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term - Rif funded)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 040-AHP068-0424
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chepstow Community Hospital
- Town
- Chepstow
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 6
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR 12 MONTHS
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to join the South Monmouthshire Integrated service Team based at Chepstow Community Hospital.
You will join a highly experienced team of practitioners who are committed to delivering a high quality service and have a passion to share and develop knowledge and skills in this area.
A breadth of learning and training opportunities are available and supported across the team, in addition to being a part of the ABUHB Occupational Therapy Service that has a reputation for innovation and excellence.
This is an exciting post within an area of work that is highly topical in terms of the growing demand for services for people with long term complex needs.
Main duties of the job
This post offers an excellent opportunity to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team and with a range of providers and partner organisations to develop community-based solutions in providing support to vulnerable adults.
The role also provides an excellent opportunity to develop caseload management skills. The successful candidate will need to be flexible, highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic with the ability to deliver a high quality individualised service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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. 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.
Detailed job description and main 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
English
Essential criteria
- Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration Up to date professional port folio
- Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to intervention with people with a range of conditions
Desirable criteria
- Supervision experience of junior staff and/or students
- Post-graduate experience of working in community settings
English
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly and respond to unpredictable work demands
English
Essential criteria
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance and develop new methods of working
Desirable criteria
- Ability to cope with highly emotional or distressing circumstances Ability to cope with exposure to challenging work environments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Oliver Wilford
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815 474073
- Additional information
If interested candidates wish to make a visit to the team to discuss this exciting opportunity further, this would be most welcomed.
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