Palliative care Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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 .

Job description

Please also review the detailed job description attached to this advert as this will further demonstrate what is expected from the successful candidate.

• To work in collaboration with patients and their families in order to assess patients needs, to improve quality of life, fatigue management and to work toward preferred place of care or preferred place of death as appropriate.
• To work in collaboration with the nursing and medical staff on the unit.To work in collaboration with the MDT on the unit.
• To work in collaboration with wider members of the MDT and care agencies/integrated care board.
• To work in collaboration with the technical instructor and supervise them daily.
• To effectively communicate with patients and families with regards to assessments.
• To carry out risk assessments as part of patient assessments in order to reduce risk and enable patients to maintain their quality of life.

About us

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 submitting your application.