Experienced Occupational Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our friendly front of house team at Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli.

This post will support turnaround at front door and outreach into the community as well as being a valued member of our 6 bedded frailty assessment unit.

The team are innovative and proactive, they consist of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team with focus on home first, striving to deliver the right support, at the right time in the right place as close to home as possible.

Our approach is to deliver patient care in a holistic, person-centred manner, supporting patients, when possible, to 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.

There will be opportunities for learning and development andmileage expenses are available.

As a versatile postgraduate, you will have a strong clinical grounding in older peoples rehabilitation, complex manual handling, and frailty, as well as a good understanding of current issues affecting acute 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 multidisciplinary team.

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

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

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 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 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.

Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.

Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).

Community facilities, including:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.