Specialist Substance Misuse Occupational Therapist WEST

Specialist Substance Misuse Occupational Therapist WEST

Specialist Substance Misuse Occupational Therapist WEST

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Job Overview

Exciting opportunities have arisen for 1 Occupational Therapists to join the Substance Misuse Team, supporting services users across North Wales. The post available will be covering the Anglesey / Gwynedd area.

Job Overview

Exciting opportunities have arisen for 1 Occupational Therapists to join the Substance Misuse Team, supporting services users across North Wales. The post available will be covering the Anglesey / Gwynedd area.

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner following professional codes of conduct and ethics carrying a varied specialist caseload in a specialist area of practice which will include patients with complex needs.

The post holder will contribute specialist knowledge to the service and lead some areas of service development duties within their department, which can include attending meetings, leading in audit, evidence based practice research and service evaluation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have knowledge and experience of substance misuse interventions and treatment and will be required to use effective communication skills to engage, motivate and maintain service users in contact with services.

The post holder will be expected to work with both alcohol and drug misuse service users.

Candidates are requested to use the section \”Supporting Information\” on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.

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

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications And/or Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Up to date CPD portfolio with evidence relevant to speciality area
• Post graduate training /equivalent CPD in a specialist area

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post graduate experience with demonstrable experience in related clinical field which equips the post holder to be competent to carry a specialist caseload in specialist area.
• Experience of contributing to service development and implementing service changes.
• Understanding of supervision and delegation principles.

Aptitude And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Evidence of working independently/ with a level of supervision relevant to experience.
• Ability to articulate the role of Occupational Therapy to others including staff of different disciplines and patients and their carers.
• Ability to implement the Occupational Therapy process with service users.
• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with others.
• Ability to manage own time and caseload.
• Ability to work effectively when both lone working and in a team setting.
• Ability to both inform and follow risk management strategies.
• Verbal and non-verbal skills are able to support effective communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence others.
• Able to apply knowledge and conduct specialist assessments relevant to specialist area.
• Experience of presenting to groups of staff/meetings.

Values

Essential Criteria

• Ability to engage service users and their relatives and carers in identifying and agreeing treatment goals.
• Commitment to lifelong learning to develop own professional skills.
• Commitment to contribute to service development task e.g. audit and evidence based practice and service evaluation to improve patient care.
• Ability to articulate role within a whole systems approach.
• Demonstrates integrity.
• Demonstrates compassionate care.
• Demonstrate sound team working values.
• Demonstrate value of supporting the development of others.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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