Job Title: Occupational Therapist (Band 6)
Reporting To: Head of the Hospice Inpatient Unit
Responsible for: As part of the multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Therapy support to patients and carers on the Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Hours: Part-time 2 days per week (15 hours) - preferably Tuesday and Friday - Hours to suit/can be school time hours.
Location: Heart of Kent Hospice, Preston Hall, Aylesford
This is a fixed term contract for up to one year to cover maternity leave.
Main Duties of the Job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist who would be interested in expanding their palliative care skills on a Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Working with IPU multi-disciplinary team, supporting the patients to develop their independence and autonomy with activities of daily living, involving the patient, carer, family and MDT in the treatment plan. This may involve providing education on symptom management or equipment use.
Essential Criteria for the Role
* Team player
* Professional registration
About Our Team
Colleagues on the Inpatient Unit consist of a multi-disciplinary team which includes nurses, healthcare assistants, trainee nursing assistants, clinical administrators, doctors, physiotherapists, housekeeping and volunteers. This team works with the wider Hospice MDT to provide person-centered, holistic care and support for patients and their loved ones.
About Us
At Heart of Kent Hospice, we believe that everyone deserves compassionate, expert care when there is no cure for their illness and when they have a limited time left to live. We are a charity and we don't charge a penny for our care. We depend on the compassion and kindness of you, the people of this community, to power our services and ensure that everyone gets the help they need.
We provide specialist care and support to adults who have a terminal illness as well as their families, friends and carers. We help people to live as fully and as well as possible for the rest of their lives and ensure that their final days are comfortable and peaceful, wherever they choose to be. We treat every individual as the unique and special person that they are. Everything we do is tailored and personalized.
Our vision is that everyone living with a terminal illness in our community will have the best quality of life. Our purpose is to enable people with a terminal illness in our community to live with comfort, independence and dignity to the end of their lives, and to support those closest to them. All our care is underpinned by our core values of compassion, integrity, respect and teamwork. These values guide our decision-making and how we conduct ourselves in our work and every one of our colleagues plays an important part in enabling us to give our patients and their families the best possible care.
If you're passionate about our cause, consider joining our team.
Job Responsibilities
1. Work with the patient to develop their independence and autonomy with activities of daily living, involving the patient, carer, family and MDT in the treatment plan. This may involve providing education on symptom management or equipment use.
2. To provide adaptation/equipment as appropriate to aid daily living, and to provide instruction in their safe and proper use in the Hospice and at home where appropriate. Work as part of the IPU MDT (including sessional Physiotherapist), take a lead role in the planning for discharge from the Inpatient Unit, ensuring community follow through for patients with complex needs, particularly related to OT. Undertake home assessments as required to support IPU discharge.
3. Within the scope of your knowledge and skills, plan and deliver sessions as part of the Hospice Hub in Magnolia Place Outpatient Centre.
4. To be a specialist resource to other members of the multi-professional team providing up to date information on equipment to promote patient independence.
5. To communicate and work closely with all members of the multi-professional team, including complementary therapists and volunteers in the inpatient unit and Hospice Hub in Magnolia Place Outpatient Centre.
6. Be instrumental in establishing a link between the Inpatient Unit and Magnolia Place Outpatient Centre, ensuring inpatients are encouraged and supported to access the Hub programmes and activities during their inpatient stay.
7. Work closely with the MDT to promote rehabilitative models across all settings, including advice and support.
8. To be creative and implement new ideas in practice.
9. To ensure that practice is evidence based and to encourage the use of research in the further development of clinical practice.
10. To liaise with other statutory, independent and voluntary organisations regarding patient care as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional Registration with HCPC
* Able to demonstrate up to date evidence based practice
* Good Communication Skills
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.
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