Overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is seeking an Occupational Therapist Specialist for a static Band 6 role within the Rapid Assessment and Prevention OT service.
The post supports rapid, multi-factorial assessments and admission avoidance, with the primary base at the Clinical Navigation Hub (Ty Elai). OTs will rotate between hub-based and roaming roles across CTMUHB and Local Authority sites to reduce unnecessary travel, with a focus on keeping individuals in their own homes.
The service works collaboratively with GP and Welsh Ambulance colleagues to intervene at the earliest point of crisis.
The closing date is 22 July 2026.
We are looking for a dynamic practitioner with a passion for community-based working and a clear focus on rapid response and discharge planning.
If you enjoy working at pace and transforming services, this post offers the opportunity to influence the future of integrated community services within CTMUHB.
We encourage contact with the team to learn more and for a visit to the Clinical Navigation Hub to see the service in action.
Main duties of the job
The primary focus will be rapid multi-factorial assessments in individuals’ homes to identify what matters to them, co-produce achievable goals, and implement fast-paced interventions.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with integrated Health and Local Authority community teams, delivering on a place-based care ethos. You will prioritise and screen referrals with the aim of offering a same-day response. This will include telephone consultation and home-based assessment, with scope to complete up to two additional sessions to support individuals to return home during acute need. Your scope of practice will include compensatory and functional rehabilitation methods to prevent admission and support the person to manage immediate needs. You will form close working relationships with integrated primary care and rehabilitation colleagues to hand over the episode of care and support longer-term goals.
You will be part of the service design and will work closely with the Band 7 Clinical Lead, Band 6 OT colleague, and Principal Occupational Therapist to implement change at pace.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse region. With nearly 13,500 staff, CTMUHB is one of Wales’s largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care across the 450,000 people in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, and primary and community care facilities.
CTM’s location offers access to South Wales, including Cardiff, the Brecon Beacons, and the coast at Ogmore. Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals.
Our values guide us daily: We listen, learn, and improve; We treat everyone with respect; We work together as one team.
CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Job responsibilities
You will be joining a well-established Network of integrated community and primary care with a dedicated Principal Occupational Therapist for professional support and leadership. The post holder will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams to meet the needs of people within their communities. The post will offer opportunities to:
- Influence the future design of community services.
- Develop Trusted Assessor and Blurred Boundary competencies.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Partake in service evaluation.
Our aim is to reach individuals at the earliest point of crisis to keep people in their own homes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Post graduate training/accreditation in fieldwork education
- Knowledge and application of principles of clinical governance and risk management
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of professional ethics/standards and code of conduct, and their application in practice
- Evidence of critical appraisal/analytical thought
- Knowledge of graded therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge and understanding of factors influencing discharge planning including cognitive, physical, psychological and cultural factors
- Knowledge of a broad range of medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions
- Knowledge of national drivers for health provision for the service user group
- Post-graduate training in motivational interviewing, goal planning
- Interest and involvement in quality, audit and service evaluation and non-standardised assessments that can be used with the service user group
- Understanding of theory and practical application of goal-orientated approaches
- Welsh language skills in Speaking/Listening at Level 3 or above
Experience
- Post-graduate clinical experience in physical medicine
- Experience of service delivery in a variety of clinical physical health settings
- Experience of effective one-to-one interactions
- Experience of research and audit
- Experience of applying professional theory to practice
- Experience of delivering training and education
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of advising/teaching other professions
- Experience of presenting information to a variety of audiences
- Experience in an acute setting and/or the community
- Experience of cross-organisational working
- Ability to work well under pressure within a multi/inter disciplinary team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills with a respectful and non-offensive approach
- Autonomous practitioner with strong organisational skills for caseload management, time management, and prioritisation
- Ability to work independently with individuals
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills and ability to make effective clinical decisions after assessment of complex cases
- Ability to negotiate with others when opinions differ
- Able to present and interpret data
- Using own initiative; self-motivated, innovative and creative
- Willingness to work flexibly in unpredictable, challenging environments
- Approachable, reliable, conscientious and hardworking
- Evidence of delivering competency-based learning
- Evidence of effective teaching skills
- Ability to use reflective practice based on current evidence
- Aware of current professional issues
- Welsh language skills at Level 3 or above is desired
Other
- Ability to travel around geographical area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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