Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Medical

Job Overview

Join our dedicated Occupational Therapy team at Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen, as Clinical Lead for Medical and Frailty Services. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, influencing the development of services that make a real difference to patients across acute and community pathways.

You will work with people experiencing a wide range of conditions, including respiratory and cardiac illness, frailty, and traumatic brain injuries as part of the trauma network pathway. Supported by a friendly and collaborative team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care while championing a "home first" approach.

As Clinical Lead, you will provide professional guidance and support to a skilled team of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Support Staff. Alongside your clinical expertise, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, workforce wellbeing, and professional development, helping the team continue to deliver outstanding care.

Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, intermediate care services, community partners and the third sector, you will help ensure patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Main duties of the job

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you will bring a strong clinical background in older people's rehabilitation, complex manual handling, and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing acute, intermediate care and community services.

You will be confident working autonomously while also providing clinical and managerial leadership within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. Key responsibilities include:

• Providing clinical leadership, specialist advice and professional supervision to Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants/Frailty Support Workers and students.
• Supporting service development and continuous improvement through audit, clinical effectiveness initiatives and research activity.
• Building strong relationships with acute, community and partner organisations to help deliver seamless, responsive care across service pathways.
• Promoting excellence in patient care through evidence-based practice, innovation and effective team development.
• Supporting staff wellbeing, professional growth and the ongoing development of the Occupational Therapy service.

We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisational abilities, and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient-centred care.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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