Specialist Occupational Therapist- Hand Therapy in Aberdare

If you are a registered Occupational Therapist with experience and a specialist interest in Hand Therapy, then an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Occupational Therapy Specialist Hand Therapy Team. Working across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, we are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to provide specialist clinical assessment, education, splinting and rehabilitation services to our upper limb, post-surgery and trauma patients within the local area.

The post holder will hold a clinical caseload whilst working with the team to drive the service forward through ongoing developments, improvements, audits and research.

Acting within their professional boundaries, the post holder will hold a defined caseload, providing specialist assessment and rehabilitation to people referred to the Specialist Hand Therapy Team. They will use the evidence base to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised treatment programmes. This will include providing education, splinting and rehabilitation to patients with a range of upper limb conditions, including post-surgery and trauma patients. The post holder will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and maintain up to date with recent evidence-based literature.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers. Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities. CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily: We listen, learn, and improve; We treat everyone with respect; We work together as one team.

CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development. At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered member of the Health Professional Council
• Post graduate training/ accreditation in fieldwork education.
• Membership of professional body
• Post graduate training/ accreditation in Hand Therapy

Experience

• Post graduate clinical experience in area of Hand therapy.
• Experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical physical health settings
• Experience of effective one-to-one interactions
• Experience of research and audit
• Experience of applying professional theory to practice
• Experience of delivering training and education to support staff.
• Experience of supervision
• Awareness of current professional issues
• Ability to use reflective practice based on current evidence.
• Experience of advising/teaching other professions
• Experience in an acute setting and/or the community.
• Experience of cross organisational working.

Skills

• Ability to work well under pressure within a multi/inter disciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, including time management and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work independently with individuals.
• Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
• Computer literate and able to use software packages/internet.
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.
• Evidence of effective teaching skills
• Evidence of delivering competency-based learning.

Other Role requirements

• Willingness to embrace innovative working practices.
• Ability to appraise own performance and identify areas for own personal development.
• Able to make positive use of clinical supervision.
• Ability to establish rapport quickly with service users.
• Ability to work flexibly and respond to unpredictable, challenging work environments.
• Ability to be mobile around geographical patch.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.