Occupational Therapist

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 6 £37,831 - £46,100 pro rata per annum depending on candidate experience

Hours/Contract: 22.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Based: Marie Curie Glasgow Hospice

Closing date: 4th March 2024

Interview date: TBC

This is a key role and you will be responsible for the management and delivery of a high-quality Occupational Therapy service to patients with specialist palliative care needs.

Marie Curie Benefits Package:

• Season ticket loan -for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Entitled under Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Life assurance - for all employees
• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme

What's in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

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What we are looking for:

• A recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration are essential.
• Relevant post-graduate experience
• Ability to demonstrate continuous professional development
• Highly developed communication, organisational and time management skills
• Strong IT skills and a flexible approach

You will work collaboratively as part of a highly specialist multidisciplinary team which provides holistic, patient-centred care to patients with complex palliative care needs, with the emphasis on offering non-pharmacological symptom control, rehabilitation and promoting and maintaining independence and quality of life. The individualised assessment and treatment should support patients and carers to achieve the best possible level of function and quality of life irrespective of diagnosis or prognosis, empowering patients to set personal goals, assisting them to achieve these and enabling them to feel better and live well for longer.

You will manage your own caseload of complex cases with specialist needs, as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating and evidencing high-level problem solving and reasoning skills and independence of judgement.

For more information or an informal chat please contact our Allied Health Professional Manager Lorraine Walker via email on Apply

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments to our application or recruitment process please contact Apply. This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory PVG criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.