Occupational Therapist - Learning Disabilities

Bidvane; Carmarthen; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular professional supervision

Peer support

CPD opportunities

Preceptorship programme

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Community Learning Disability Team. The role involves assessing and treating adults with learning disabilities, managing a caseload and working with people, families and partner services to support meaningful outcomes across hospital, community and home settings.

Requirements include a degree in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration (or pending).

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration or confirmation pending.
• Experience in therapy or a relevant field, with caseload management.
• Knowledge of health and social care legislation and audit methods.
• Ability to travel between sites and work across hospital, community and home settings.
• Welsh language level 1 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat adults with learning disabilities.
• Manage a varied caseload and apply clinical reasoning to improve function.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions across hospital, community and home settings.
• Collaborate with patients, families, carers and partner services on personalised plans.
• Support hospital discharges and independence through equipment and adaptations.
• Contribute to service development and professional learning within the team.

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Band 5 Occupational Therapist joins Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Community Learning Disability Team. The role involves assessing and treating adults with learning disabilities, managing a caseload and working with people, families and partner services to support meaningful outcomes. Work spans hospital, community and home settings, with a focus on independence, equipment and adaptations, sensory needs and hospital discharge support. The post requires an occupational therapy degree, current HCPC registration or confirmation pending, and travel between sites.

What the job involves

• Assess, treat, intervene and evaluate occupational therapy needs for adults with learning disabilities
• Manage a varied caseload and use clinical reasoning to improve functional ability and independence
• Deliver evidence-based interventions in hospital, community and home settings
• Work with patients, families, carers and partner agencies to create and carry out personalised, goal-directed plans
• Support independent living skills and assess and prescribe equipment and adaptations
• Help people engage in occupations and achieve outcomes that matter to them
• Support hospital discharges for people with learning disabilities
• Develop the learning and skills of the wider Health Board Occupational Therapy community in learning disability
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical governance
• Support students’ and colleagues’ learning and development
• Develop specialist practice in standardised assessment, vocational rehabilitation, sensory processing, functional assessment, moving and handling, postural care, specialist seating, positive behaviour support and…

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy

Registration & licences

• Current HCPC registration, or confirmation of registration pending

Experience

• Experience in therapy or a relevant field, including practice education or paid or voluntary work
• Experience working with people with differing needs and managing a caseload
• Experience working as part of a team and directly with carers and families
• Experience of self-development, applying learning and using adapted techniques to improve patient outcomes

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant current health and social care legislation
• Knowledge and use of Microsoft Office software
• Understanding of other health and social care staff roles
• Awareness of clinical governance, including research and audit methods
• Awareness of relevant outcome measures for demonstrating effectiveness

Other

• Able to travel between sites in a timely manner
• Flexible approach to service needs

Nice to have

• Knowledge of services across primary, secondary and intermediate care, and of Health Board priorities
• Working knowledge of therapeutic equipment and rehabilitation interventions across therapies
• Experience contributing to service improvement
• Experience working with groups and in a community setting
• Experience delegating and supervising staff
• Experience managing distressing or emotional situations independently in challenging work settings
• Experience using virtual communication platforms to deliver services
• Welsh language skills at Level 1

What’s offered

• Regular professional supervision
• Peer support
• Continuing professional development opportunities
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified Occupational Therapists during their first year of practice
• Welsh language learning options and staff support