Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Medical/Frailty

Lehrmancameron; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist at Glangwilli General Hospital in Carmarthen. This role is for an experienced professional to lead a team, focusing on service improvement and personal development. It is a fixed-term position covering maternity leave, ideal for those looking to advance their clinical expertise in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-graduate experience necessary.
• Managing a complex caseload essential.
• Ability to work autonomously and alongside team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to Occupational Therapy staff.
• Improve service and support the personal development of the team.
• Coordinate care across acute and community settings.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Clinical Leadership

Complex Manual Handling

Education

Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Professional Registration as recognized by HPC

MSc & / or postgraduate diploma in relevant area

Job description

Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Medical/Frailty

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Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our medical team in Glangwilli General Hospital, Carmarthen. This can either be a fixed term or a secondment for 12 months. This role provides an opportunity for a band 6 to gain experience and develop for progression in their own self development.

This post is a Fixed Term/ Secondment until 26.06.2026 to cover maternity leave. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

Your role will include clinical lead for the team, but also team lead including service improvement, personal development of the team, and sickness. The team includes band 6s, band 5 and occupational therapy support staff.

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our medical team in Glangwilli General Hospital, Carmarthen. This can either be a fixed term or a secondment for 12 months. This role provides an opportunity for a band 6 to gain experience and develop for progression in their own self development.

This post is a Fixed Term/ Secondment until 26.06.2026 to cover maternity leave. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

Your role will include clinical lead for the team, but also team lead including service improvement, personal development of the team, and sickness. The team includes band 6s, band 5 and occupational therapy support staff.

The wards you will cover include respiratory, cardiac and frailty, as well as patients coming through the trauma network pathway with neurological conditions.

We are an innovative, and proactive team of Occupational Therapists who work closely with the wider acute multidisciplinary team, intermediate care and the community and third sector teams striving to deliver the right support, at the right time with an ethos of home first.

Main duties of the job

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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About Us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.

Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.

Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).Community facilities, including:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,840 to £53,602 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

100-AHP049-0525-A

Job locations

Glangwilli General Hospital

Dolgwilli Road

Carmarthen

SA31 2AF

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

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.

Interviews will be held on 03/07/2025

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

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.

Interviews will be held on 03/07/2025

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Professional registration as recognised by HPC
• Evidence of attendance on relevant short courses and advanced training relevant to specialist area up to Master's level equivalent
  
  

Desirable

• MSc & / or postgraduate diploma level in relevant area
• Fieldwork Education Training
• Member of BAOT
• Leadership training
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post - graduate experience
• Managing a complex caseload
• Delivering assessments / interventions via virtual platforms
• Inter-professional and multi- agency team working
• Direct involvement with carers and families
• Negotiation of service development
• Evidence of supporting service compliance with clinical governance requirements
• Therapeutic handling and risk assessments in relation to patient care including severely disabled patients
• Experience in staff development e.g. supervision
• Experience of appropriate delegation and supervision
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of student supervision
• Key worker/Case Manager
• People management / supervision of staff
• Negotiation of multidisciplinary working arrangements
• Leadership of clinical networks / clinical practice groups
• Leading service developments & change
  
  

Language Skills

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Extensive post - graduate experience
• Managing a complex caseload
• Delivering assessments / interventions via virtual platforms
• Inter-professional and multi- agency team working
• Direct involvement with carers and families
• Negotiation of service development
• Evidence of supporting service compliance with clinical governance requirements
• Therapeutic handling and risk assessments in relation to patient care including severely disabled patients
• Experience in staff development e.g. supervision
• Experience of appropriate delegation and supervision
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of student supervision
• Key worker/Case Manager
• People management / supervision of staff
• Negotiation of multidisciplinary working arrangements
• Leadership of clinical networks / clinical practice groups
• Leading service developments & change
  
  

Language Skills

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Glangwilli General Hospital

Dolgwilli Road

Carmarthen

SA31 2AF

Employer's website

https://hduhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Glangwilli General Hospital

Dolgwilli Road

Carmarthen

SA31 2AF

Employer's website

https://hduhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

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