Senior Occupational Therapist

£46,476.69 - £54,771.80 per annum for 37.5 hours per week (depending on experience)

Interviews will be held on Thursday 6 August, please ensure you are available          

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​About Us:

St Catherine’s Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

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We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you.

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This is an exciting opportunity to join St Catherine’s Hospice as a Senior Occupational Therapist, working within a supportive, multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing outstanding, person centred care to patients and those important to them.

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The Role:

This post is offered on a permanent basis, working full time or part time, hours starting from 27 hours per week, up to 37.5 hours per week.

Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

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About You:

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is passionate about end of life care? Would you find it rewarding to deliver specialist OT interventions across hospice services, including the Inpatient Unit, community settings and the Wellbeing Centre?

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​We are seeking a confident, skilled Occupational Therapist to lead our team and to support patients to maintain comfort, function and quality of life.

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Senior Occupational Therapist will bring:

• Advanced clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life care
• Confident and effective communication and leadership skills
• Ability to support and motivate your team in a positive and professional working environment
• Assessing patient needs, planning and delivering responsive holistic patient centred care

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​Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days. Plus we offer a day off for volunteering & moving house.
• Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension.
• Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering, and a range of discounts.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

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How to Apply:

If you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: a future where everyone approaching death and those who love and care for them can access compassionate, specialist palliative and end of life care. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today.

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For a full job description, please click here. Please upload either your CV or the St Catherine’s Hospice application form where it asks you to upload your application form, there is no need to complete both.

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If you don’t have a CV and would like to complete our application for, this can be found here.

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We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer, committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace.

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Terms & Conditions:

• This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policiesand understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.

• Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statementprior to applying for this role.

• Must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorships.

• Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.

• We understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to support some applications, whilst we do not discourage this, please ensure any documentation and applications submitted accurately and truthfully reflect your own experience and suitability for this role.

• Please note we operate an internal recruitment function and are not engaging agencies at this time.

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We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. You can access the Hospice by car, bus, bike or walking, with full transport details on our website.

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If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please email jobs@stch.org.uk or give us a call on 01293 447353.

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