If you have a passion for palliative rehabilitation, and a bold, innovative, creative approach to clinical and service delivery, then this is the perfect career development opportunity and chance to join our Rehabilitation team for 12 months.
At Mountbatten we are looking for an individual who will provide skilled Occupational Therapy input and promote a philosophy of empowerment and enablement via collaborative working and motivating others.
This role is fixed term for 12 months, with the ideal work pattern of 22.5 hours worked over three days, Monday to Friday. However, we are willing to discuss alternative working arrangements for the right candidate.
The postholder will provide a specialist and skilled Occupational Therapy service to patients under the care of Mountbatten Hospice, predominantly across our Inpatient unit, but also including the outpatient department and community.
Key tasks include:
Undertaking holistic Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment of inpatients and outpatients with complex, life limiting conditions as an autonomous practitioner, focusing on what matters to the individual and optimising function to maximise quality of life.
Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective communication and delivery of care to meet identified need.
Maintaining effective communication with patients, carers and colleagues.
Promoting and being an advocate for palliative rehabilitation and enablement across the services, supporting colleagues to adopt a positive risk-taking approach.
At Mountbatten making our employees feel valued is as important to us as making sure that our patients are safe. We are looking for people that live our values to help us make a difference to the thousands of patients and their families who come to us for help and support every year.
Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those close to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.
Our Values
We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other
We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do
We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources
We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others
Overview of Role:
Working within the Rehabilitation team at Mountbatten Isle of Wight, provide a skilled, innovative Occupational Therapy (OT) service to palliative care patients focusing within the Inpatient Unit, but including the out-patient department, and end of life community patients. Collaborating with colleagues, internally and externally, use therapeutic skill, judgement and innovation to achieve optimal outcomes according to individuals wishes and what matters to them. Promote and passionately advocate for palliative rehabilitation and enablement across services, supporting colleagues to adopt a positive risk-taking approach.
Key tasks:
To perform Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse palliative care needs. To provide, develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes, and to undertake these tasks as an autonomous practitioner, with support from senior colleagues in particularly complex cases.
Maintain a focus on optimising patients functional and self-management abilities and enabling them with what matters most to them, through tailored and appropriate rehabilitation, plus collaboration with rehabilitation colleagues.
To facilitate and promote a palliative rehabilitation and enablement philosophy and approach within the Hospice throughout the organisation and to other health and social care providers.
Alongside colleagues, coordinate and develop the day to day operation of the Hospices Rehabilitation Team.
Act as an Occupational Therapy resource; providing advice, education, and support to members of the Hospice Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and Health and Social Care teams.
Provide moving and handling advice and support to staff, volunteers and patients relatives at the Hospice.
Continually develop own knowledge and skills, accessing internal education opportunities plus self-led learning.
*Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full requirements of this role*
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Mountbatten Isle of Wight
Halberry Lane
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
PO30 2ER
https://www.mountbatten.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)