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Job overview

Hywel Dda University Health Board presents an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapists to join our NHS & Public Health Award Winning Intermediate Care Team.

Hywel Dda University Health Board - Introduction of an Intermediate Care MDT, Carmarthenshire - Public Health Wales (nhs.wales)

We are an innovative, comprehensive team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Dietitians, Nurses, GP’s, Advanced Paramedic Practitioners,  Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, Social Workers, Senior Reablement Workers, and Third Sector Agents striving to deliver the right support, at the right time in the right place as close to home as possible.

These roles will form part of the “Home First” Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), all of whom work together to provide early intervention, period of rehabilitation and assessment in the community to immediately mitigate loss in function, risk of deconditioning, nutritional deficit, deterioration in their mental health to increase people’s time spent at home rather than hospital.

Our approach is to deliver patient care in a holistic, person-centred manner, supporting patients, when possible, to stay/return safely to their own homes where they may continue to be a valued member of their own community, within which they are most familiar and settled. 

Main duties of the job

The post holders will input into our home based and bed based intermediate care services here in Carmarthenshire.

As a versatile postgraduate, you will need to have a strong clinical grounding in older people rehabilitation, complex manual handling, expertise in frailty syndrome, neurological conditions, cardio respiratory conditions, a good understanding of current issues affecting intermediate care and community services.

Successful applicants will require an excellent ability to work autonomously, managing and prioritising a diverse and unpredictable caseload, with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing and pressurised environment alongside members of the MDT.  Post holders will be expected to support and play a role in supervising junior Occupational Therapy staff, OT Technicians, Rehabilitation Assistants/Frailty Support Workers, and students. 

This is an exciting opportunity for driven individuals, passionate about the value of community Occupational Therapy to maintain momentum in transforming our community services across organisations for the people of Carmarthenshire and future generations.

If you have any further questions in regards to the posts, then please get in touch – we would love to get to know you and answer your questions.

Working for our organisation

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.