Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for professional development and to implement service change within a supportive environment. We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our existing Community Resource Team, delivering  client centred community services to adults in the Bridgend Locality.

The Community Resource Team is an integrated health and social care service which provides a range of short-term interventions to people in their own homes to promote their independence. Working as part of a team the successful candidate will need to work flexibly and pro-actively to deliver effective time limited Occupational therapy interventions to support people to remain independent in their own homes.

The successful candidate will hold a defined case load providing evidence based interventions to promote independence and quality of life

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential within this post. The successful candidate will need to plan and manage their time effectively, ensuring prioritisation and completion of both clinical and non-clinical tasks, to ensure effective workload management and the ability to respond flexibly to the needs of the service.

CTMUHB is committed to providing professional supervision and supporting continuing Professional development.

Main duties of the job

• To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/client centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in community settings to organize this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities.
• To ensure clinical records are kept to agreed standards and report accurately to others.
• To work in partnership with clients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team to identify relevant goal.
• To maintain clinical records to agreed standards and report accurately to others.
• To participate in CPD and develop skills and knowledge through participation in Band 5 Development Programme and other developmental activities.

Working for our organisation

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.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.