Occupational Therapist | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Norwich
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated band 6 to join the Occupational Therapy team at the Priscilla Bacon Centre for Specialist Palliative Care, located in Colney.
The occupational therapy service provides clinical support to patients with complex specialist palliative care needs, on the in-patient unit, the Rowan Day Centre and to out-patients.Patients are referred into the service for symptom management, palliative rehabilitation and for end of life care.
The successful applicant will be expected to work autonomously, managing their caseload and will be responsible for evaluating their treatments and maintaining accurate documentation
Applicants should have relevant post graduate experience, ideally within in a palliative care setting.
The post holder will work in an integrated way with a wide multi-disciplinary team providing assessed interventions and managing complex discharges to home or other care settings.
The role will include managing junior staff and involvement in supervision processes.
If you are hardworking, compassionate and a great team player then we would like you to apply for this position to expand our valued team
To work autonomously delivering expert, evidence based holistic clinical care to patients with complex needs across the breath of the services.The post holder will be a subject matter expert and a resource and learning to the wider MDT.
We are a well established and very supportive multi-disciplinary team. If you consider yourself as friendly, compassionate and a good team player then we would welcome you to apply for the position of Specialist Occupational Therapist.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title. Join us in upholding the Trust values of community, compassion and creativity to enhance patient's experience and outcomes- assessment to support patients safe discharge from the in-patient unit, including rapid discharge home to die
- therapeutic led sessions in the Rowan Day Centre empowering patients to self manage their symptoms
- individual interventions to out patients
- support and coaching for families and carers to manage complex patients in the community
- to be a subject matter expert and to share this expertise with colleagues
- prescribe standard wheelchairs and liaise with other services for complex seating assessments
- to utilize advanced communication skills
- to provide education and advice to influence clinical practice
- to provide supervision to junior colleagues
- to participate in research and audit
- to provide placement education for students
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024
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