Person Specification – Occupational & Wellbeing Therapist

Requirement / Essential / Desired / How Assessed
Education/Qualifications /
  • Occupational Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
  • Registration with the Health Professions Council
  • Membership of the College of OT
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  • Advanced communication skills training
  • Teaching qualification
  • Membership of Special Interest Group for Occupational Therapy in Palliative Care (H.O.P.E.)
/ Application Form
Experience /
  • Demonstrates significant post-registration experience with palliative & end of life patients
  • Previous experience of teaching in informal settings, to patients, carers and a variety of Health Care Professionals
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  • Experience of working in a specialist palliative care service /setting
  • Experience of service development
  • Post-registration experience in a specialist palliative care setting
  • Formal teaching experience
/ Application Form
Presentation
Interview
Knowledge and Skills /
  • Specialised knowledge and skills within professional development and reflective practice
  • Assessment & management of complex patients
  • Application of specific assessment techniques, e.g. breathlessness, fatigue management
  • Group work facilitation
  • Organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to work within a team and as an autonomous practitioner
  • Prioritising
  • Ability to work under pressure and recognise when support is required
  • Good IT, numeracy & literacy skills
  • Problem solving
  • Planning and leading teaching sessions
  • Ability to work as part of MDT
  • Ability to work in an emotionally demanding role
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication & presentation skills
  • Maintain accurate patient records
  • Ability to undertake service evaluation
  • Experience of the management of breathlessness
  • Strong leadership and management skills
  • Leading & managing change
  • Understanding and applying the OT process, with evidence of clinical reasoning
  • Knowledge of the OT structure in the NHS and Social Care
  • Wider knowledge of palliative OT care
  • Rehabilitation in palliative care
  • Barriers to effective communication and ways of improving these
  • Understanding of clinical governance, quality systems and risk management
  • Confidentiality & Data protection
  • Professional ethics and their application to practice
  • The audit process and the collection of data
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  • Counselling Skills
  • Research awareness
  • Relevant standardised assessments and outcome measures
/ Application Form
Presentation
Interview
Values and personal attributes /
  • Commitment to working in the charitable sector
  • Empathy with charitable aims of the Hospice
  • Evidence of enthusiasm in work settings
  • Flexibility
  • Motivated
  • Positive attitude
  • Calm and confident
  • Commitment to personal development
  • Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
/ Application Form
Interview
Disclosure & Barring
Enhanced/Standard / Enhanced DBS + Adult Barring Check