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Are you a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist ?
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a flexible approach to work?
Do you value making a difference to people residing in their own homes?
Do you enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary and multiagency team?
If you've answered YES to these questions, then we would love to hear from you.
Our mission statement within the Neath Port Talbot Community Reablement Team is: To promote independence and improve the daily lives of patients and their families in the community, when they need us.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative occupational therapist to join our busy, dynamic and friendly team.
There is a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary working especially within service development and team learning. The team work together supporting people to stay at home and thereby reducing escalating needs for secondary or social care.
The team includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, rehab technicians, support workers, social workers, community wellbeing officers, nurses, health care support workers and administration assistants.
The post will be based in Integrated Health and Social Care teams in Cimla Health & Social Care Centre.
The post will provide an opportunity, as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide rehabilitation to patients and groups of patients in a number of settings, including reablement wards, patients own home and care homes.
The post holder will be required to support therapy input into the exciting new Home First initiative. This post will support people to return home from hospital as soon as they are clinically optimised, allowing them to recover in their own home.
The post holder will need to be able to adopt a flexible approach to work and will also be expected to participate in 7 day working.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About usYou will need to be able to demonstrate significant experience of working within rehabilitation or reablement either within NHS, Social Care or another equivalent community/clinical setting.
Previous therapy experience working within the NHS in elderly care, orthopaedics and medicine, including community, is highly desirable for this role.
The ability to travel independentlybetween sites across the service is also essential so the successful candidate must be able to do this in a timely manner.
The role will also entail using electronic patient records with some administrative responsibilities; thereforegood IT knowledge and competency of using social care and/or healthcare IT systems is essential.
You will be expected to provideprofessional and clinical supervision to less experienced staff, students and support workers.
You will be supported in your role by senior therapists and clinical team leads.
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.
Are you a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist ?
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a flexible approach to work?
Do you value making a difference to people residing in their own homes?
Do you enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary and multiagency team?
If you've answered YES to these questions, then we would love to hear from you.
Our mission statement within the Neath Port Talbot Community Reablement Team is: To promote independence and improve the daily lives of patients and their families in the community, when they need us.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative occupational therapist to join our busy, dynamic and friendly team.
There is a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary working especially within service development and team learning. The team work together supporting people to stay at home and thereby reducing escalating needs for secondary or social care.
The team includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, rehab technicians, support workers, social workers, community wellbeing officers, nurses, health care support workers and administration assistants.
The post will be based in Integrated Health and Social Care teams in Cimla Health & Social Care Centre.
The post will provide an opportunity, as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide rehabilitation to patients and groups of patients in a number of settings, including reablement wards, patients own home and care homes.
The post holder will be required to support therapy input into the exciting new Home First initiative. This post will support people to return home from hospital as soon as they are clinically optimised, allowing them to recover in their own home.
The post holder will need to be able to adopt a flexible approach to work and will also be expected to participate in 7 day working.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
You will need to be able to demonstrate significant experience of working within rehabilitation or reablement either within NHS, Social Care or another equivalent community/clinical setting.
Previous therapy experience working within the NHS in elderly care, orthopaedics and medicine, including community, is highly desirable for this role.
The ability to travel independentlybetween sites across the service is also essential so the successful candidate must be able to do this in a timely manner.
The role will also entail using electronic patient records with some administrative responsibilities; thereforegood IT knowledge and competency of using social care and/or healthcare IT systems is essential.
You will be expected to provideprofessional and clinical supervision to less experienced staff, students and support workers.
You will be supported in your role by senior therapists and clinical team leads.
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.
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