Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our specialist stroke early supported discharge team . The team covers Merthyr Cynon rct and Bridgend area.

This role involves working with patients who have experienced a stroke and require further rehabilitation within their own homes to maximise their independence. the post will involve completing assessment and interventions within the patient own property and local community with in reach opportunities to our acute and rehabilitation sites.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

 

Main duties of the job

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner you will have the opportunity to work along side registered Occupational Therapists and manage a delegated caseload of patients. You will be able to support the assessment, treatment of people following a Stroke who may have a range of functional difficulties within the bounds of the technician role. Patient management will include responsibility for the delivery of care including liaison with patients, family, members of the MDT and external agencies.

You will need to have good time management, prioritisation skills, and flexibility to the service. In addition you will need to have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.The post holder will be predominately working within the community and relevant hospital bases as required.

You will be an integral part of the team and have a key role in its delivery of high quality interventions. You will have support from the Senior clinicians and the Clinical Lead, with access to supervision and in-service training opportunities. You will be required to achieve level 3 / level 4 Agored qualification in Occupational Therapy Support.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • OT OCN or NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Agored completion

Experience

Essential

  • Competency based training re OT
  • Admin skills
  • Team working

Desirable

  • NHS or rehab experience

Skills

Essential

  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Physically able to move and handle patients on own
  • Able to carry and fit equipment in patients home on own

Desirable

  • Ability to work with patients with communication barriers/low motivation
  • Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of stroke and how impacts patients

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Enthusiastic and self motivated
  • Professional and caring
  • Flexible approach to service needs

Circumstances

Essential

  • Able to travel between sites in a timely manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 06 August 2026

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