Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity that will positively challenge your clinical and leadership skills? If so, look no further.
A fantastic opportunity to join the therapies team has arisen across ABUHB. We are looking for a creative, innovative, and motivated practitioner to join our Symptom Management recovery service with clinical experience of working with a range of client groups, including adults and children. Experience of rehabilitation, working with those impacted by long-term conditions, and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team are essential. We are also looking for someone who has a passion for improvement and is looking to contribute to pathway development.
Professional aspects of the Occupational Therapy role are:
* Understanding of the impact the condition and any other pre-existing health conditions on an individual's skills/abilities (motor, processing, communication, and interaction).
* Understanding of how conditions impact an individual's ability to participate in their life roles, habits, and routines (self-care, work, leisure, at home, and in the community).
* Understanding what matters most to the person and their priorities for activities of daily living.
* Using strategies to support an individual to regain their skills and abilities (be this exploring strategies for compensating for the loss or rebuilding skills e.g. through use of prompts, fatigue management techniques, etc.).
* Using strategies to support participation (this can include using a graded approach to reintegrate into chosen occupations).
* Education and consultancy support offered in line with delivering information, advice, and support through using a tiered model of delivery.
The role will support GPs and other primary/community care staff to identify those people that require signposting or direct contact with another professional. The post-holder will also be working alongside voluntary and charitable provision to link people with others that can help them in their local community.
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 have 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.
The Symptom Management Service supports people coping with the impact of health conditions in their lives; including Long Covid, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Pain. The clinical pathway is focused on working with people to identify and support their needs, in partnership with GPs, psychologists, specialist teams, and community services.
The post holder will be based alongside other Occupational Therapists and MDT members in the Symptom Management Service. The role will include assessment and interventions focused on meeting the physical, emotional, and social impacts of people with extended health issues. These will be delivered by the post holder in individual, group, face-to-face, and remote formats.
The successful post holder will be required to respond flexibly to changing needs that emerge as the service develops; including working with other services across the Symptom Management pathway; specifically, the Paediatric Recovering from Illness Service or the wider Therapies team. Therefore, there will be an expectation for occupational therapists to develop skills to enable them to work across an all-age pathway in relation to delivering services aligned to the Symptom Management Service.
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