Occupational Therapist

The Occupational Therapist (OT) reports into the Inpatient Unit Manager and is responsible for providing a high standard of occupational therapy service on the Inpatient Unit, and across the hospice where appropriate. To use specialist technical skills in the assessment and treatment of your own caseload to perform specialist functional assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions., Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams clinical practice. Work with colleagues across the hospice to make recommendations and implement changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

St Giles Hospice is a registered charity founded in 1983 by the Reverend Paul Brothwell, originally to improve the care of local people dying with cancer.

We now support patients, and their loved ones, living with a terminal illness.Our dedicated team provides individually-tailored care, free of charge, either at the hospice or in patients own homes across our communities.

We spend close to £10 million a year providing our specialist services. With just 18% of this funded by the Government, we rely heavily on donations and income generation from the local community.