# Senior Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- **Town:** Newport
- **Region:** Newport
- **Country:** Wales
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £40,559 - £48,841 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T10:31:13.097Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Newport/Ystrad_Mynach/Aneurin_Bevan_University_Health_Board/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8124987
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8124987?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://abuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, passionate Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy Team in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.  The post holder will deliver a range of occupationally focussed assessments and interventions and will join a small and friendly team based in YYF. The team is part of the acute and trauma OT service within ABUHB

The post offers opportunity to deliver a wide variety of assessments and interventions with patients both in a hospital setting as well as in the patients own home after discharge.  There will be opportunity to support patients with a wide range of conditions and a variety of complexity.  Interventions include assessment and provision of moving and handling equipment and inpatient rehabilitation with a focus on rapid discharge planning using a discharge to assess model where appropriate.

### Main duties of the job

The post offers opportunity to deliver a wide variety of assessments and interventions with patients both in a hospital setting as well as in the patients own home after discharge.  There will be opportunity to support patients with a wide range of conditions and a variety of complexity.  Interventions include assessment and provision of moving and handling equipment and inpatient rehabilitation with a focus on rapid discharge planning using a discharge to assess model where appropriate.

Occupational Therapy is a highly regarded service as part of the Multidisciplinary approach in YYF. This is a faced paced environment that will require the applicant to have good organisational skills and be flexible to changing demands.

The OT service in ABUHB is committed to service development and continued learning and you will be supported with regular supervision and opportunities for learning and developing leadership skills

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Ability to travel between sites / patients residences in a timely manner
- Ability to work flexibly and respond to unpredictable work demands

**Desirable**

- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant clinical experience relevant to post
- Supervision experience of junior staff or students
- Experience of working autonomously and setting own priorities

**Desirable**

- Post-graduate experience of working in a rehabilitation setting

### Knowledge and skills

**Essential**

- Knowledge and understanding of role
- Experience of managing complex clinical situations
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Awareness of clinical governance

**Desirable**

- Evidence of supervising others
- Welsh Speaker

### Qualifications / experience

**Essential**

- Qualifications
- HCPC registration
- Clinical educator course
- Appropriate clinical experience

**Desirable**

- Membership of RCOT

## Documents

- [jdps - sdmp (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421956)
- [oh form- ig ffurflen (docx, 101.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421957)
- [flexible working policy (pdf, 584.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3033)
- [agile hybrid working framework (pdf, 5.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2695)
- [abuhb values & behaviour framework (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3066)
- [home working policy and guidance (pdf, 380.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2696)
- [guidance notes for applicants nov 25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2844)
- [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1633)

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