Occupational Therapist

Are you a highly motivated Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference within the specialism of palliative and end of life care?Are you enthusiastic about supporting people with complex needs to remain in their own home or be cared for in place of their choice?

Any opportunity has arisen for a proactive Occupational Therapist to join our Specialist Palliative Care multi-professional Team. They will have strong skills in hospital and community working and will support patients and their Families living with advanced and terminal illness with complex and often rapidly changing needs.

The successful post holder will provide an evidence based Occupational Therapy (OT) service to the palliative care patients at home, and to help deliver safe Palliative care service, over the Whipps Cross site. Focusing on adaptation, enablement, rehabilitation, and therapeutic interventions.

To assist in the development and evaluation of the OT service. To work autonomously with the Palliative team to contribute to exemplary care for patients and their families. To be a resource and support to other hospital staff and community professionals by offering OT knowledge and skills., To provide an evidence based Occupational Therapy (OT) service to the palliative care patients at home, and to help deliver safe Palliative care service, over the Whipps Cross site. Focusing on adaptation, enablement, rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions. To assist in the development and evaluation of the OT service. To work autonomously with the Palliative team to contribute to exemplary care for patients and their families. To be a resource and support to other hospital staff and community professionals by offering OT knowledge and skills.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.