Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist for Front of House inCarmarthen inCarmarthen PUBLISHED
WED 30 OCT 2024
Hywel Dda University Health Board r4ec5Fxp
The successful candidate will offer clinical leadership and supervision to the Occupational Therapy team and associated staff, while fostering interprofessional collaboration to create a seamless service across healthcare pathways. They will also be responsible for service development, utilizing audit and research activities to enhance clinical practices. Candidates should possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and demonstrate a commitment to the health board's core values of patient-centered care and service excellence.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our front of house, Transfer of Care and Liaison Service (TOCALS) team.
We are an innovative, and proactive team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who work closely with medics, nursing, discharge liaison nurses, social workers, brokers, intermediate care and the wider community and third sector teams striving to deliver the right support, at the right time in the right place as close to home as possible.
The ethos of this team is home first, they have a successful rate of turning patients around at front door and preventing admissions to hospital where it is not needed. Where identified they will also outreach and follow up a person home to prevent a further admission to hospital.
We are looking for someone who supports the key values of health board
- Putting people at the heart of everything we do
- Striving to develop and deliver excellent services
- Working together to be the best we can be
We encourage self development and opportunities for you to grow as a professional.
As a versatile postgraduate, you will need to have a strong clinical grounding in older people rehabilitation, complex manual handling, and a good understanding of current issues affecting hospitals, intermediate care and community services.
You will need the ability and skills to work autonomously and alongside members of the team in a managerial and clinical role.
The successful applicant will provide clinical leadership, specialist expertise and supervision to Occupational Therapy staff, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants/Frailty Support Workers, and students.
We are looking for an individual with great interpersonal skills to network with acute and community colleagues to co-ordinate a responsive, seamless service across pathways and sectors. You will have organisational ability and a commitment to service development by developing the evidence base for evaluation through audit, clinical effectiveness and research activity.
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Interview Date: 25/11/24
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