Occupational Therapist in Supportive and Palliative Care

an innovative, inclusive leader to help the team develop a multi-professional approach to high quality person-centred care, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time in the right place. The post holder will be an integral member of the SPCT and be co-located with the team at Weston General Hospital. Applicants with strong communication skills who can help treat and manage the complex palliative care needs of patients are invited to apply. Please note this part time position would not reach the UK government salary cap for those applicants requiring a visa. For further information please visit https : / / www. gov.uk / skilled-worker-visa / your-job# : : text Salary%20requirements,at%20least%20the%20going%20rate. For further information or to arrange a visit please contact Dr Sophy Gretton, Clinical Lead for Supportive and Palliative Care via the SPCT Administrator, PalliativeCareBristol@uhbw. nhs.uk or by telephone on .

• The post-holder will act as an autonomous practitioner, providing highly specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment and management of adult patients who are on the Supportive & Palliative Care inpatient caseload based at Weston General Hospital with the support and mentoring of senior colleagues.
• The post-holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary Supportive & Palliative Care Team (SPCT), co-located with the team based at Weston General Hospital.
• The post-holder will act as a highly specialised source of expertise on the management of patients with specialist palliative care needs within the Trust.
• They will undertake a clinical leadership role, in planning, coordinating, and delivering the therapy service provided to patients on a day-to-day basis.
• They will contribute to the development of this pilot service for patients with specialist palliative care needs gathering data to support the sustainable funding of this service.
This will include making recommendations for change. They will be required to advise, share experience with and guide less experienced colleagues, non-registered staff and students in the care of patients with specialist palliative care needs.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.