Occupational Therapist; Hospice Job Hull area,Kingston upon Hull England UK,Healthcare

Overview

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist (Hospice) to join our dedicated team at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London. Our luxury private hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients. All profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.

The post holder will be part of the Hospice Therapies Team and will report directly to the Hospice Therapy Team Lead. Our services are underpinned by a respect for human dignity and care for the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional needs of the total person, whatever their age, lifestyle, culture and spiritual belief. Our patients face a range of conditions, including cancer, respiratory disease, heart failure, neurological conditions and HIV.

Responsibilities

To be responsible for the occupational therapy service provided across the Hospice Inpatient Unit, Day Services and Community
To work flexibly and be accountable for effective and efficient time management and prioritisation across the service
To be a source of palliative rehabilitation expertise within the Hospice, embedding a rehabilitative approach to patient care
To take an active role in identifying and implementing development of the Therapies Team
To hold clinical responsibility for autonomously managing a complex patient caseload, undertaking appropriate and comprehensive specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention for patients with life limiting conditions
To ensure therapy intervention is individualised and patient centred, focused towards what is important to the patient and involving the patient’s significant others throughout
To continually monitor and evaluate therapy intervention, modifying as indicated to support patients and their significant others to set realistic goals appropriate to their disease trajectory and to ensure their changing needs are met
To have excellent communication skills and to be able to adapt communication style to the situation, with the ability to communicate sensitive and challenging information effectively and with empathy
To have a thorough understanding of the complexities of working with patients with deteriorating conditions
To advise on and implement therapeutic interventions aimed at optimising self management of symptoms, ensuring involvement of the patient, their significant others and the Multi-disciplinary team
To lead on and implement group sessions as identified in partnership with the MDT
To independently identify scope of practice and to seek support as required to ensure high quality, optimal patient care
To work closely and collaboratively with the Multi-disciplinary team, both in terms of patient care and peer support
To lead on and promote understanding of the role of Palliative Care Therapists and Rehabilitative Palliative Care within the Hospice and with external agencies
To provide cross cover where indicated to the Hospital services

Requirements

Evidence of additional specialist knowledge acquired through relevant post-graduate training
Significant experience of working across a variety of inpatient and rehab specialties e.g. oncology, respiratory, neurology, orthopaedic, medical
Previous experience working in Palliative Care
Experience of working in the community setting
Significant experience of autonomously assessing and treating patients with complex and life limiting conditions
Proven experience of symptom management of pain, fatigue, breathlessness and anxiety
Experience in supervision and appraisal of staff and students
Experience of leading group sessions
Knowledge and experience of audit and research
Evidence of service development implementation
Robust experience of multidisciplinary team…