Job at a glance
Do you have an interest in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Complementary Therapy? Would you like to join a team helping people achieve fulfilment and independence? This is a rewarding role that will develop your skills and knowledge within a palliative care setting. It will also allow you to develop your practice and utilise your communication skills, whilst helping people manage life limiting illnesses., work as part of the Therapies Team, assisting with the delivery of therapy services to people with life-limiting illness participate in and assist with facilitating groups work as part of the Therapies team to ensure all assistive equipment is collected, maintained and cleaned hold a current British driving licence and have the ability to drive a small hospice van when required We are a dynamic, forward thinking organisation delivering a full range of specialist palliative care services for individuals & their loved ones with palliative or end of life care needs.
We achieved Outstanding in our CQC inspection & have reconfigured our services to meet the changing needs of our local community. We support 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups & have a robust governance structure in place. We provide ward clinical services within a modern, personal & friendly 18-bedded unit, as well as Specialist Community Crisis Support Service, Hospice at Home Service & Specialist Day Therapy Service.
We also have the hospice Pepperell Education Centre that has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality education programmes and study days. All communication regarding your application including invitations to interviews will be sent to the email address you have stated on your application form, if you could also provide a contact telephone number as well. Saint Francis Hospice is a charity based in the UK.
We will require all successful candidates to be able to provide documentary ID proof of their Right to Work in the UK. We are not a Licensed Sponsor, so are unable to provide sponsorship to support applicants applying from outside of the UK. A supportive environment within the hospice multi-professional team A structured induction and supervision Excellent training and development opportunities in our purpose-built education centre Continued access to the NHS pension scheme or membership of the Hospice pension scheme Subsidised Cafe