Job summary TreetopsHospice provides nursing and therapeutic care alongside emotional support foranyone affected by a life-limiting illness in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham,and Nottinghamshire.It's anexciting time to work at Treetops Hospice.
We have developed new roles to helpdeliver our ambitious strategy of reaching more people with our services andworking more closely with our partners in the health, social care and voluntarysectors.
Weare expanding and developing our Wellbeing Service and are seeking to recruit askilled Occupational Therapist to support with this.
Main duties of the job You willbe working with patients and carers with highly complex emotional and physicalneeds, providing therapeutic conversations and planning services tailored tothe individual needs of our patients and their families.
You willlead on the development of our reablement programme (Spring) aimed atsupporting maintenance of wellbeing and meaningful occupation.
Reportingto the Wellbeing manager, you will develop individualised programmes, withoutcome measures that evidence the therapeutic benefit of occupational therapyworking with our volunteers and wider therapeutic team.Ideally,you will have knowledge and skills in supporting people with dementia and theirfamilies and/or palliative care experience that you will be able to utilisewithin this position.
You willbe a qualified occupational therapist with a minimum of 3 years postregistration and experience in palliative care/dementia.
About us Our visionis that everyone living within the communities we serve has access toend-of-life care of the highest quality and we need you, our best, most valuedasset, to deliver our mission of making every day count through giving thehighest quality support and care to our patients and carers.In returnyou will have access to a comprehensive training and education programme tohelp develop your skills and knowledge.
You will also benefit from anoccupational pension scheme (NHS Pension Scheme rights are preserved), socialevents, a health & wellbeing package, free parking, a free Will service,flexible working approach, generous annual leave entitlement and beautifulgrounds and many more wellbeing benefits such as complementary therapies, Yogaand Tai Chi.
Treetops Hospice is an amazing organisation to work for and yourhealth and wellbeing is important to us.
Our employees are passionate, caringpeople who believe in and are driven by our vision and values.
Staff describeTreetops 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 TreetopsHospice provides nursing and therapeutic care alongside emotional support foranyone affected by a life-limiting illness in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham,and Nottinghamshire.It's anexciting time to work at Treetops Hospice.
We have developed new roles to helpdeliver our ambitious strategy of reaching more people with our services andworking more closely with our partners in the health, social care and voluntarysectors.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.