Job summary
Treetops
Hospice provides nursing and therapeutic care alongside emotional support for
anyone affected by a life-limiting illness in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham,
and Nottinghamshire.
It's an
exciting time to work at Treetops Hospice. We have developed new roles to help
deliver our ambitious strategy of reaching more people with our services and
working more closely with our partners in the health, social care and voluntary
sectors.
We
are expanding and developing our Wellbeing Service and are seeking to recruit a
skilled Occupational Therapist to support with this.
Main duties of the job
You will
be working with patients and carers with highly complex emotional and physical
needs, providing therapeutic conversations and planning services tailored to
the individual needs of our patients and their families.
You will
lead on the development of our reablement programme (Spring) aimed at
supporting maintenance of wellbeing and meaningful occupation.
Reporting
to the Wellbeing manager, you will develop individualised programmes, with
outcome measures that evidence the therapeutic benefit of occupational therapy
working with our volunteers and wider therapeutic team.
Ideally,
you will have knowledge and skills in supporting people with dementia and their
families and/or palliative care experience that you will be able to utilise
within this position.
You will
be a qualified occupational therapist with a minimum of 3 years post
registration and experience in palliative care/dementia.
About us
Our vision
is that everyone living within the communities we serve has access to
end-of-life care of the highest quality and we need you, our best, most valued
asset, to deliver our mission of making every day count through giving the
highest quality support and care to our patients and carers.
In return
you will have access to a comprehensive training and education programme to
help develop your skills and knowledge. You will also benefit from an
occupational pension scheme (NHS Pension Scheme rights are preserved), social
events, a health & wellbeing package, free parking, a free Will service,
flexible working approach, generous annual leave entitlement and beautiful
grounds and many more wellbeing benefits such as complementary therapies, Yoga
and Tai Chi. Treetops Hospice is an amazing organisation to work for and your
health and wellbeing is important to us. Our employees are passionate, caring
people who believe in and are driven by our vision and values. Staff describe
Treetops as a family rather than a place of work and feel valued and fulfilled;
they are proud to be part of Treetops.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Treetops
Hospice provides nursing and therapeutic care alongside emotional support for
anyone affected by a life-limiting illness in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham,
and Nottinghamshire.
It's an
exciting time to work at Treetops Hospice. We have developed new roles to help
deliver our ambitious strategy of reaching more people with our services and
working more closely with our partners in the health, social care and voluntary
sectors.
Please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Treetops
Hospice provides nursing and therapeutic care alongside emotional support for
anyone affected by a life-limiting illness in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham,
and Nottinghamshire.
It's an
exciting time to work at Treetops Hospice. We have developed new roles to help
deliver our ambitious strategy of reaching more people with our services and
working more closely with our partners in the health, social care and voluntary
sectors.
Please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council
- Over 3 years post registration experience
- At least 1 years' experience working with people with life limiting conditions
- Experience of developing services
- Experience of teaching in informal settings to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
- Ability to support other team members and to facilitate their understanding of the contribution of occupational therapy
- Ability to facilitate supporting individuals and groups over various formats
- Supervise and motivate volunteers
- Critically analyse and reflect on practice
- In depth of understanding of Palliative Care Occupational Therapy
- Awareness of current issues in Palliative Care Occupational Therapy
- Maintains professional standards own and others
- Practices with integrity
- Ability to recognise and manage personal stress
- Proactive in supporting colleagues
- Able to act as patients advocate
- Hardworking and a team player
Desirable
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists specialist section
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience of supervising occupational therapy students
- Experience of designing and facilitating a group work programme
- Evidence of recent palliative care study
- Experience in working with people with dementia and their families.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council
- Over 3 years post registration experience
- At least 1 years' experience working with people with life limiting conditions
- Experience of developing services
- Experience of teaching in informal settings to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
- Ability to support other team members and to facilitate their understanding of the contribution of occupational therapy
- Ability to facilitate supporting individuals and groups over various formats
- Supervise and motivate volunteers
- Critically analyse and reflect on practice
- In depth of understanding of Palliative Care Occupational Therapy
- Awareness of current issues in Palliative Care Occupational Therapy
- Maintains professional standards own and others
- Practices with integrity
- Ability to recognise and manage personal stress
- Proactive in supporting colleagues
- Able to act as patients advocate
- Hardworking and a team player
Desirable
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists specialist section
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience of supervising occupational therapy students
- Experience of designing and facilitating a group work programme
- Evidence of recent palliative care study
- Experience in working with people with dementia and their families.
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.
