Senior Occupational Therapist

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If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 or email abb.vacancyrequests@wales.nhs.uk If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working. Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment processThe Agenda for Change Pay Award for 2026/27 is effective from 1st April 2026. Please note successful applicants with a start date from 1st April onwards the salary will be as per the 2026/27 pay award. For further detail the pay circular is available via this link https://www.nhs.wales/files/pc-resources/afc-w-02-2026-pdf-pdf?ts=1773244958086 Job Overview Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new and exciting opportunity that will positively challenge your clinical skills and creative thinking? Do you like working in an acute, fast paced environment where you can have an immediate impact on a person's outcome? And are you excited by change and the idea of contributing to the development and direction of an evolving team? If so, this could be the job for you! Main duties of the job We are looking for a creative, compassionate and motivated practitioner with a passion for person centred care to join our multi professional Community Admissions Avoidance Therapy Team (CAATT) at the Medical Admissions Unit in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr. The CAATT service is based at the ‘front door’ of hospitals across ABUHB and provides a rapid response to people (adults) presenting with conditions that have impacted their ability to live in their usual manner with the aim of using a place-based approach to encourage and facilitate care closer to home. Assessments will be undertaken primarily in the medical admissions unit in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, with the aim being to consider and facilitate home in the first instance and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. When admission is necessary, CAATT promotes timely discharges, reduced lengths of stay and reduced readmission rates through early initiation of therapy interventions and guiding the person to the right place to address their ongoing needs. The CAATT service work in an interdisciplinary / blurred boundary manner with professional competencies covering both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy to enable holistic and prudent therapy interventions. Because of this, the successful candidate could come from either profession depending on experience. Working for our organisation Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work. Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future. english Essential criteria

• Qualifications
• HCPC registration
• clinical educator course
• Appropriate clinical experience

Desirable criteria

• Membership of appropriate union

english Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of role
• Experience of managing complex clinical situations
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Awareness of clinical governance

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of supervising others
• Welsh speaker / willingness to learn

English Essential criteria

• Broad range of clinical experience
• Specific experience in admissions avoidance / front door services

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in NHS as HCPC registrant
• Previous band 6 experience
• Experience facilitating undergraduate student placements

English Essential criteria

• Ability to adapt to changes in work routine

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel between sites / patients residences in a timely manner