Occupational Therapist

Can you take an active part in multi-disciplinary working, planning and development and evaluation of services?

Can you work to client-centered goals, promoting a balance in their daily living tasks in personal and domestic care, work, productivity and leisure?

Are you able to work autonomously to undertake the specialist comprehensive assessment of patients with a range of complex health and social care needs and multi-pathologies, demonstrating highly specialised skills and advanced clinical reasoning?

Could you critically analyse and implement research into practice?

If the answers are yes, then team Dove House is for you!

The role is based at the hospice on Chamberlain Road working within both the inpatient unit and onsite outpatient clinic.

Main duties of the job

Dove House Hospice provides specialist palliative care to the population of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The occupational therapist will have a pivotal role in developing and delivering the occupational therapy service to patients and carers that access Dove House Hospice.

Work as an autonomous practitioner utilising high level problem solving skills, across the clinical settings as needed. Manage, prioritise and deliver occupational therapy intervention to a diverse caseload of clients with palliative care needs.

To work and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team, develop strong links with outside agencies and services.

To work without direct supervision and to be professionally accountable for own actions.

Dove House Hospice supports patients with life limiting illnesses to live every moment. It is our vision to provide a sustainable, comfortable and caring environment in which to offer exceptional, specialist palliative care to patients, carers and their families. All roles throughout our organisation contribute to making this vision a reality for those living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire who rely on us to provide the care that is right for them, in the place of their choice.

Depending on experience