Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time (37.5 hours) occupational therapy support worker to work on the inpatient acute mental health unit, St Cadoc's Hospital.  The Occupational Therapy team consists of a Band 7 and Band 5 rotational Occupational Therapist.  The Occupational Therapy support worker will:

• Undertake specific skilled occupational therapy support work such as carrying out assessments 
• Plan and implement interventions on a 1:1 a basis and facilitate groups, using various treatment skills and to monitor progress and evaluate the outcome under supervision from the team

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Therapy interventions under the direction of a qualified Occupational Therapist (OT).

OT's work with individuals to establish the impact of their mental health needs on their day to day functioning. They devise person-centred plans for intervention (group and one to one including facilitation of the 'discovery through activity' OT programme) with the individual to further assess, improve or maintain their functional ability.

Interventions offered on the ward and in the community aim to address an individual goals in line with recovery based practice.

The successful applicant will:
- have excellent communication skills 
- have the ability to think creatively and flexibly
- be able to demonstrate empathy, compassion and values of person-centred care.

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board OT service is committed to delivering a high quality service and therefore requires that all OT support workers participate in the Agored training programme.

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

Home and community visits are a part of this service, the ability to travel between sites is essential for this post. 

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 speciality 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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.