Community Resource Team - Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Tredegar; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their Integrated Community Resource Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to promote independence and empower individuals to achieve their personal goals. You will provide clinical leadership, manage a caseload, and work closely with various teams to enhance community care services. The organization is known for its commitment to caring and offers extensive training and a fantastic benefits package, including flexible working options. If you are passionate about making a difference in people's lives, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Experience in clinical leadership and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to therapists in the Community Resource team.
• Manage a defined caseload of individuals requiring therapy support.

Skills

Building effective working relationships

Clinical leadership

Supervision of junior staff

Welsh language skills

Education

HCPC registration

Extensive clinical experience

Leadership experience

Job description

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

About

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the operational name of Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board. The Health Board was established on the 1st October 2009 and covers the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys.

As an Employer, we are adaptable, agile and flexible and can offer variations to working practices in line with our Agile Hybrid Framework and Home Working Policy. The Health Board employs over 13,000 staff, two thirds of whom are involved in direct patient care.

Vacancy Status

Key details

Location: Tredegar Business Park, Tredegar, NP22 3EL

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term until 31st March 2026 to meet the needs of the service)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £46,840 - £53,602 per annum (Band 7)

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

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.

Job Overview

Blaenau-Gwent are seeking an exceptional Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Integrated Community Resource Team. You will have the unique opportunity to help promote independence and empower individuals to achieve their personal goals. You will be working closely with the Community Resource Team and the Information, Advice and Assistance (IAA) team, leading on the objectives of the "Better Care" and "Discharge to Recover & Assess" model.

You will provide clinical and professional leadership to therapists within the Community Resource team and manage a defined caseload of individuals requiring therapy support. You will be conversant with relevant legislation that informs the development of community care services locally and will be involved with any future proposed changes to services in Blaenau-Gwent.

The post holder will be responsible for planning and delivering the objectives of IAA alongside the Community Resource Team and the Long-term teams. They will also lead on the objectives of the Better Care and D2RA model.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities including flexible working and a healthy work-life balance.

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.

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.

Person specification
Experience

• Experience of building effective working relationships

Education and Training

• HCPC registration
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience
• Supervision experience of junior staff

• Welsh speaker (desirable)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Alice Evans

Job title: Team Manager

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 01495 369627