The post holder will provide an Occupational Therapy (OT) service to @Home service based in Dewi Sant Hospital.
Occupational Therapists will be required to provide assessment and rehabilitation services to service users referred.
The post holder will be expected to achieve competencies to facilitate role blurring across traditional occupational therapy (OT) boundaries, including work with integrated Health & Social Care teams.
The post holder will be required to work in both hospital and service users' homes in the community but will also have access to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board's (CTMUHB) therapy departments and Local Authority premises if required.
The post holder will be required to deliver on a range of performance indicators including:
Reduction in length of stay.
Improving independence.
Delivering and monitoring accredited competency based training e.g. Calderdale.
Supporting the achievement of competencies by Health and Social Care Support Workers.
The post-holder will assess the ability of service user to ensure safely remaining at home and where necessary to undertake an Occupational Therapy rehabilitation programme with support workers.
The post holder will liaise with families, carers and advocates as well as the Multi-Disciplinary Team e.g. Primary Care, Local Authority and third sector organisations.
Use the Occupational Therapy process autonomously in various settings, including lone working in the community in service users' homes.
Manage a defined caseload in providing specialist assessment, rehabilitation and intermediate care service to people referred to the team.
Use evidence based practice/service user centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in hospital and community settings.
Maintain clinical records according to local and professional guidelines.
Develop expert skills and knowledge through an agreed personal development plan.
Provide leadership for new and support staff through supervision and allocation of work.
Supervise students as an accredited practice educator who adheres to the requirements of the defined standards of practice and supervision.
Provide evidence based training and delivery of competency based practice to the support staff.
Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team involved with the provision of health and social care services to service users. This will include hospital staff, intermediate Care Managers, care managers, 3 rd sector organisations and primary care.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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