Job summary
St Margaret's Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary palliative care team.Working on a bank basis, you will receive £21.19 per hour.
You will work cross county, primarily in the west of Somerset, to deliver responsive care to patients with life limiting conditions.The majority of our patients are cared for at home and you will play a vital role in ensuring they have all the safe systems of equipment and adaptations to facilitate this, using person centred assessment of needs and risks, as well as Moving and Handling support plans.
Please note: Access to/use of a vehicle is an essential requirement for this role.
Main duties of the job
We support palliative patients at all stages of their journey, from diagnosis to end stage disease, offering preventative, restorative, supportive and palliative rehabilitation and intervention and you will be a key part of that.
Paying attention to detail, you will tailor plans and advocate for what is important to them, helping them to achieve their goals and alleviate distress.
Your day-to-day role will involve:
- Supporting patients in a variety of settings; including in-patient, day centre and in their own homes.
- Using a holistic approach, you will undertake assessments as well as plan and deliver high quality patient care.
- Helping toevaluateand developour services using your OT expertise.
- Working collaboratively with all members of the St Margarets hospice team and external agencies
- Supporting the safe discharge of patients from the in-patient unit.
- Part of this role also includes supporting and overseeing the OT related work of our support workers.
- This role will involve traveling across the county, including with equipment. As such travel is an essential requirement.
About us
Be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you're looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we could be a perfect match.
Holiday entitlement
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
- Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave
Pension scheme
- NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
- Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution.
Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:
- Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
- Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations as well as Expert Case Management
- Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Counselling and support
- Legal, financial, and medical information and advice
And more
- Life assurance cover
- Health Cash Plans
- Blue Light Card
- Enhanced parental leave*
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
- Volunteering and fundraising opportunities
*Eligibility criteria applies
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist at St. Margarets is
a specialist practitioner with extensive knowledge, skills and competency to
manage a complex caseload of patients with advanced, progressive life
limiting disease.
-
They will undertake the holistic assessment, planning and
delivery of a consistently high standard of specialist palliative and
supportive care in accordance with the hospice policy, procedures and
standards.
- The post-holder will be working as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary
team in the Hospice and in the community.
-
They will establish effective working relationships with all
internal referrers and referrers from Primary and Secondary Health Care
teams, and act as a resource for professionals and non- professionals
involved in palliative care within the community.
-
They will take responsibility for own
clinical caseload of complex patients working as an autonomous practitioner,
without direct supervision.
-
They will be instrumental in the
training and development of more junior and support staff, including the
oversight of the multi-disciplinary assistants OT based work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist at St. Margarets is
a specialist practitioner with extensive knowledge, skills and competency to
manage a complex caseload of patients with advanced, progressive life
limiting disease.
-
They will undertake the holistic assessment, planning and
delivery of a consistently high standard of specialist palliative and
supportive care in accordance with the hospice policy, procedures and
standards.
- The post-holder will be working as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary
team in the Hospice and in the community.
-
They will establish effective working relationships with all
internal referrers and referrers from Primary and Secondary Health Care
teams, and act as a resource for professionals and non- professionals
involved in palliative care within the community.
-
They will take responsibility for own
clinical caseload of complex patients working as an autonomous practitioner,
without direct supervision.
-
They will be instrumental in the
training and development of more junior and support staff, including the
oversight of the multi-disciplinary assistants OT based work.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy. HCPC registration.
- Access to a car in order to undertake community work.
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification/ relevant teaching experience.
Self Awareness
Essential
- Ability to adapt to changing or conflicting priorities.
- Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of palliative care and the needs of patients and families.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Ability to deal sensitively and compassionately with patients who are impacted by pain, dementia, limited mobility or life-limiting illness.
- Demonstrate a passion for Palliative Care, either through experience or a desire to learn.
Desirable
Working with others
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with patients, the multidisciplinary team and across organisations and individuals at a range of levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people about difficult or sensitive topics and/or in difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise junior staff and facilitate their development.
Outcome and Results
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical decision making in the assessment of patients and the implementation and evaluation of treatment plans plus patient centred short and long-term goals.
- To be computer literate.
- Ability to demonstrate effective caseload and workload management.
Desirable
Leading in your area
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate in-depth postgraduate experience or study of a range of relevant topics at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Demonstrable rotational experience across a broad range of specialities.
- Significant experience of multidisciplinary/multi-agency working
Desirable
- Experience of working with Palliative Care patients.
- Knowledge and/or experience of the principles of Rehabilitative Palliative Care
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy. HCPC registration.
- Access to a car in order to undertake community work.
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification/ relevant teaching experience.
Self Awareness
Essential
- Ability to adapt to changing or conflicting priorities.
- Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of palliative care and the needs of patients and families.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Ability to deal sensitively and compassionately with patients who are impacted by pain, dementia, limited mobility or life-limiting illness.
- Demonstrate a passion for Palliative Care, either through experience or a desire to learn.
Desirable
Working with others
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with patients, the multidisciplinary team and across organisations and individuals at a range of levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people about difficult or sensitive topics and/or in difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise junior staff and facilitate their development.
Outcome and Results
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical decision making in the assessment of patients and the implementation and evaluation of treatment plans plus patient centred short and long-term goals.
- To be computer literate.
- Ability to demonstrate effective caseload and workload management.
Desirable
Leading in your area
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate in-depth postgraduate experience or study of a range of relevant topics at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Demonstrable rotational experience across a broad range of specialities.
- Significant experience of multidisciplinary/multi-agency working
Desirable
- Experience of working with Palliative Care patients.
- Knowledge and/or experience of the principles of Rehabilitative Palliative Care
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
