Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 7.5 hour working days)
- Job ref
- 110-ACS195-0624
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dewi Sant Healthpark
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Salary
- £25,524 - £28,010 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner
Band 4
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Are you looking to work with service users in their own homes and community delivering Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy led interventions?
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the @Home service a Band 4 Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner.
This is an excellent opportunity for somebody who has previous experience as a therapy or rehabilitation assistant in an NHS or care setting.
You will become part of the @ Home Team based in Dewi Sant Health park which offers clinic based and home based assessment and interventions aimed at admission avoidance for the frailer older adult approaching crisis operating across the Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf area.
The GTAP will work closely with the @Home Therapy staff, Consultant Geriatricians, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Nursing colleagues to complete delegated tasks and explore interventions to enable patients to remain at home.
This will require positive risk reviews, adaption of the home environment, implementing therapy interventions and liaising with community teams for onward rehabilitation and larger scale environmental adaptation.
Ideally you will have proven experience in a community setting. Consideration will be given to candidates who have had community experience as part of their training or work experience.
Full support, training and CPD opportunities will be provided for the successful candidate to develop skills and competencies and to assist with implementing changes to practice and service delivery.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the Occupational Therapists (OT) and Physiotherapists (PT) in the delivery of OT and PT management and rehabilitation to community patients/clients .
To work as part of a community based MDT to undertake specific clinical and administrative tasks, implement intervention programmes within the service user's home and community as instructed and delegated by the OT and PT, responding flexibly to the needs of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
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.
Support the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist by assisting with all modalities of therapeutic care for intermediate care and reablement patients.
Support the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist by providing supervision and assessment of support worker competencies.
To provide care to the patients, as delegated by the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist, to the extent of own competencies.
Participate in project work, audits and provision of relevant statistics which may be for the benefit of patients or the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist and @Home Service.
To promote independence, health and well-being and safety within the home and local environments.
Develop a patient centred approach to engaging patients in routine therapeutic occupations following the aims/methods given by the Therapist and to adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the person.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good general education, English/Mathematics GCSE or equivalent qualification grade C or above.
- NVQ level 3 in relevant subject or the equivalent level of knowledge and experience plus additional competency based training.
- Detailed knowledge of rehabilitation intervention.
- Comprehensive understanding of medical, orthopaedic, surgical and social related issues.
Desirable criteria
- Expected to achieve competency based training within a two year period.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as an NHS band 3 OT, PT or generic assistant or equivalent non-NHS functional assessment/ rehabilitation role
- Experience of developing/delivering education advice to groups.
- Experience of team working.
- Experience of working with the public.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of community working
- Experience of working with healthcare and/or LA professionals.
- Previous experience within the NHS or LA with patients who have a range of physical, psychological, emotional and/or social needs.
- Experience of supervising others.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Numeric skills.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Good time management skills.
- Good record keeping.
- Administrative skills.
- Able to work independently whilst under appropriate supervision.
- Computer literacy and keyboard skills.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh.
Values
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic.
- Self-motivated.
- Confident in approaching tasks.
- Professional caring manner and enjoys contact with people.
- Flexible worker.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gwawr Parker
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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