Palliative care Occupational Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist with an interest in palliative care to join the Palliative Care Unit at North Tyneside General Hospital.

This 18.75-hour part-time post, spread over three days, involves working with a strong MDT, carrying out home assessments, and delivering patient-centred care in a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Passion for palliative care and patient-centred approach.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with MDT on the palliative care unit.
• Carry out home assessments.
• Navigate electronic systems used in the trust.
• Provide patient-centred care with effective communication.

Skills

Palliative care

MDT teamwork

Home assessments

Job description

The Palliative Care Unit at North Tyneside General Hospital is looking for an Occupational Therapist with an interest in Palliative care to join our lovely team.

We are a 19 bed in-patient unit that provides specialist palliative care for those patients. We care for patients with complex palliative care needs and includes end of life care.

We have a strong MDT work ethos, which is proudly embedded into practice.

We have a part time Occupational Therapist, who works on the unit and this role is to job share with them.

The post is permanent and is contracted for 18.75 hours over 3 days.

We are looking for an enthusiastic occupational therapist with a passion for palliative care.

We are a lovely team and providing high standards of patient centred care is paramount to us. Given the nature of the role it is essential that the successful candidate possess excellent communication skills.

We are looking for someone who can work well as part of a team and alone when needed.

You will work closely with the rest of the MDT on the unit and will also carry out home assessments.

The trust utilises a range of electronic systems as part of our work, therefore the successful candidate must be able to navigate these systems .

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before