Bank Occupational Therapist inCheadle inCheadle PUBLISHED 11 OCT 2024

• Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with an interest or skills in Palliative Care?
• Can you demonstrate the ability to work as an effective team member, managing competing practices?
• You must be passionate about our patients and a collaborative colleague
• Most importantly, you must be wholeheartedly committed to and motived by the purpose and values of St Ann's Hospice.

This is an exciting time to join an ambitious, much loved charity and help us achieve our goals. If you're looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

• The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the effective delivery of Occupational Therapy services to inpatients and outpatients at the hospice.
• The postholder will carry out clinical duties in accordance with hospice policies, procedures and standards.
• The post holder must act in accordance with professional Codes of Conduct at all times and will contribute and work collaboratively with the wider MDT in line with the clinical and hospice strategy, values and business objectives.
• The post holder will deliver specialist clinical services as a Bank Occupational Therapist
• St Ann's delivers a service across 2 sites and the post holder will lead a service that delivers services across both sites. There will therefore be occasions where you are required to travel and provide cross-site cover.

About us

The Bank Occupational Therapist will:

• Assess and develop Occupational Therapy treatment plans to meet the needs of a range of patients with palliative care/life limiting conditions in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Lead, assess, plan and facilitate timely and effective discharges from the in-patient unit in conjunction with the MDT.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally to promote and assist the delivery of effective personalised rehabilitation services.
• Support student learning and education when on duty.
• Be aware of and contribute to delivering and maintaining the requirements of the Care Quality Commission.
• Facilitate group programmes/ sessions on topics relevant to the profession of Physiotherapy.
• Use the incident reporting system appropriately.
• Support the collection of relevant data and patient feedback to assist with service development and organisational needs.
• Maintain their own professional development in line with HCPC requirements.