Senior Occupational Therapist • Newport Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSenior Occupational Therapist with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Newport\n\n Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new and exciting opportunity that will positively challenge your clinical skills and creative thinking? Do you like working in an acute, fast paced environment where you can have an immediate impact on a person's outcome? And are you excited by change and the idea of contributing to the development and direction of an evolving team? If so, this could be the job for you! We are looking for compassionate and motivated practitioners with a passion for person centred care to join our multidisciplinary Community Admissions Avoidance Therapy Team (CAATT) working in the Medical Admissions Unit in the Royal Gwent Hospital. The CAATT service is based at the 'front door' of hospitals across ABUHB and provides a rapid response to people (adults) presenting with conditions that have impacted their ability to live in their usual manner. The team undertake assessments and interventions in the hospital emergency department and medical admissions units with the primary aim being to consider and facilitate home in the first instance and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. To support this further assessments or interventions in patients homes may also be required. When admission is necessary CAATT promotes timely discharges, reduced lengths of stay and reduced readmission rates through early initiation of therapy interventions and guiding the person to the right place to address their ongoing needs. The post holder will be an Occupational Therapists, supervised and mentored by Highly specialist Occupational therapist to provide this specialist professional service. However, they will also work in an interdisciplinary / blurred boundary manner with competencies covering the professions of Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy to provide holistic and prudent therapy interventions. About us Successful applicants will be aligned to the CAATT model which provides services to The Grange University Hospital, Royal Gwent Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. This post holder will provide a Monday to Friday service in the Royal Gwent Hospital. However, there will be a requirement / opportunity to work on other sites to ensure that the service remains responsive to demands and that 7-day working rotas are supported. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. 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. "}