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Post: Band 6 Occupational Therapist- Specialist Palliative Care

Hours: Full time, core hours Monday - Friday

Salary: Agenda for Change, £35,392 - £42,618

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, competent and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our new specialist palliative care therapy team based at St John’s Hospice in Doncaster. St John's Hospice is an NHS Hospice. 

This role will cover specialist Occupational Therapy input for patients within the St John’s Hospice Inpatient Unit, the St John’s Hospice Day Therapy Unit and outreach within patient homes in the community.

This role will focus around embedding a rehabilitative palliative care model using a person-centred approach. Key elements of the role will include holistic Occupational Therapy assessments, equipment provision, discharge planning, activity advice, symptom self-management advice, and signposting for patients with a life-limiting, palliative condition. This may be completed on a 1:1 basis or within group sessions in the Day Therapy Unit. Experience and a keen interest in the palliative care speciality is essential for the successful candidate.

Please contact Sally Wheater, Lead Physiotherapist on 03000 211145, [email protected] or Sam Edwards, Service Manager on 03000 213659, [email protected] for any further information about the post.

Main duties of the job

·         Perform holistic Occupational Therapy assessments with patients including  formulating individual treatment plans in conjunction with the patient in both the inpatient unit, day therapy unit and patient homes in the community.

·         Plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate proactive therapeutic interventions to promote health and wellbeing, assisting patients to self-manage their medical condition.

·         Maintain a clinical caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner and appropriately document any interventions completed. 

·         Communicate and collaborate with others involved in the care of your patients for excellent outcomes.

·         Provide or direct patients to appropriate equipment and/or minor adaptations when required. 

·         Participate in the supervision, support, teaching and appraisal of students, qualified staff and Therapy Support Workers.

·    Devise and delegate work to Therapy Support Workers dependent on level of competence. Educate and support them to achieve excellent patient outcomes. 

·         Work in partnership with colleagues within the service and external agencies to maintain on going service development and quality improvements.

Participate in maintaining and improving all aspects of evidence-based practice and quality assurance including change management.

·         To provide intervention on 1:1 basis or in group settings. 

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/ 

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q