Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist General Practice

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist with expert knowledge in the management of patients in primary and community care to work within South Ceredigion as an integral part of the cluster teams supporting primary care provision. Crucially this model of occupational therapy provision can:

Reduce contact with General Practice by resolving underlying issues that are the root cause of regular contacts with health and social care.

Maximise/ maintain independence in preferred home environment and proactively resolve health and social issues at an early stage, minimizing crisis situations that result in hospital presentation/admission.

Release professional capacity by focusing intervention on enabling people to maximize their potential, prevent ill health and dependency.

Work collaboratively within the developing Locality Teams.

We are therefore seeking to appoint a proactive, motivated and compassionate individual who displays a broad knowledge of clinical specialities, and whose values are aligned to those of Hywel Dda University Health Board.

A Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist in General Practice will:

Be identified as a clinical expert and have a high clinical profile ensuring the provision of effective and efficient care.

Work as a highly skilled senior practitioner with expert knowledge, and work in partnership across Health Board, Local Authorities and with specialist services to deliver timely, seamless, person centred, coordinated care.

Be responsible for gathering/ inputting activity data accurately and regularly, and collect, analyse, interpret and present data for clinical audit and reporting purposes.

Act as a practice leader, have the ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders, manage their own workload and work across professional, organisational, agency and system boundaries, to improve services and develop practice.

Participate in networks, locally, regionally, and nationally.

Assess and manage risk and proactively challenge others about risk.

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

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 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 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;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

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

The post holder will have the support of an occupational therapy service which values supervision, actively promotes continuous professional development, and is committed to excellent patient care and service improvement.

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.