Specialist Occupational Therapist Palliative Care

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a dedicated Specialist Occupational Therapist in Palliative Care. This role involves providing vital palliative care support and advice to patients across multiple sites, ensuring a seamless transition for those needing complex discharge planning. With a focus on holistic assessments and collaborative care, you'll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes. The position demands flexibility and a proactive approach, perfect for someone passionate about making a difference in end-of-life care. Join a forward-thinking team committed to professional development and quality assurance in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and state registration required.
• Experience in end of life care and complex assessment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform holistic assessments and formulate treatment plans autonomously.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.
• Supervise and teach junior staff and contribute to service development.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Autonomous practitioner

Communication and collaboration

Mentoring and supervision

Evidence-based practice

Complex assessment

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

State Registration Health and Care Professions Council

Tools

Driving license

Job description

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: [e-mail].

Specialist Occupational Therapist Palliative Care

Band 6

Main area Palliative Medicine Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Extended hours, cross site working, including into community and weekend working will be required) Job ref 321-SW1-6719150-B6-PUB

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2025 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

Job overview

The Hospital Palliative Care Team is a multi-disciplinary team providing palliative care advice and support to inpatients across all sites of the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust. The occupational therapists work mainly from the John Radcliffe site.

The therapy input into the palliative care service has two main aims:

1. to support AHP colleagues with discharges that are complex because of the palliative care needs of the patient.
2. to facilitate rapid discharge for patients who have a likely prognosis of less than two weeks and whose preference has been for care at home.

Although this OT role is based within the hospital, the therapists are expected to follow up patients after discharge and some community working (across Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire) will be required.

A full driving license, with access to a car for work purposes is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Performs holistic assessment of patients including those with complex presentations, and from this formulates a treatment plan, which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner.
• Maintain a clinical caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner.
• Communication and collaboration with others involved in the care of patients, and non-clinical activity.
• Work as part of the MDT with patients known to the Hospital Palliative Care Team.
• Participates in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior / student Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants.
• Participate in maintaining and improving all aspects of evidence-based practice and quality assurance.
• Contribute to services development, clinical governance, audit, research and continuing professional development.

Person specification

Training and Qualification

• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• State Registration Health and Care Professions Council.

Experience

• Previous experience of end of life care.
• Experience of supervision of staff and students.
• Experience of Service/ Practice innovation.
• Experience of complex assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Experience of mentoring and supporting other staff.
• Experience of contributing to audit and research.
• Previous experience working in a Palliative Care setting.
• Previous experience working in the community setting.

Personal Qualities

• Willingness to work flexibly.
• Good personal organisational and time management skills.
• Proactive, problem-solving approach.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Understanding of the impact of an emotionally challenging area of work.
• Resilient approach and understanding of how to support this in others.

Other

• A full driving license and access to a car for work purposes.

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.