Team Lead Occupational Therapist

We have an opportunity for a highly skilled and experienced occupational therapist to provide clinical leadership, line management and support with service development to join the children's centre team based in Nevill Hall Childrens Centre. The children's centre is one of three delivering occupational therapy to the whole of Gwent. Intervention is provided in the community, the children's centre and in a variety of educational settings.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive, fast paced learning environment. The clinical caseload is interesting and varied with a mix of children and young people presenting with a wide range of conditions across all age groups. There is a robust supervision structure in place and the senior leadership group for children's services provide direction, professional and personal support., Manage a complex and varied caseload of children and young people with disabilities and developmental problems.

Provide clinical and professional leadership to the Children's Centre OT team, including supervision and the development of OT staff within the multidisciplinary context.

Have a management responsibility for all the OTs in that designated team, which includes conduct and performance issues, in partnership with the Professional Head Occupational Therapist for Children and Young Peoples Occupational Therapy Services.

Take a borough wide perspective ensuring that OT provision best meets local need, within the context of the strategic direction of the occupational therapy service.

Ensure that OT is represented in all relevant multi-agency and multidisciplinary meetings.

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

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. 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.