Palliative care Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Palliative Care Unit at North Tyneside General Hospital is looking for an Occupational Therapist with an interest in Palliative care to join our lovely team.

We are a 19 bed in-patient unit that provides specialist palliative care for those patients. We care for patients with complex palliative care needs and includes end of life care.

We have a strong MDT work ethos, which is proudly embedded into practice.

We have a part time Occupational Therapist, who works on the unit and this role is to job share with them.

The post is permanent and is contracted for 18.75 hours over 3 days.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic occupational therapist with a passion for palliative care.

We are a lovely team and providing high standards of patient centred care is paramount to us. Given the nature of the role it is essential that the successful candidate possess excellent communication skills.

We are looking for someone who can work well as part of a team and alone when needed.

You will work closely with the rest of the MDT on the unit and will also carry out home assessments.

The trust utilises a range of electronic systems as part of our work, therefore the successful candidate must be able to navigate these systems .

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

  • Degree in O.T
  • State registered with Health Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Practice placement qualification

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
  • Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work
  • Experience and working understanding of audit procedures
  • Working knowledge and use of evidence based practice and implementation of current research in a specialist area.
  • Application of Health and Safety and risk management policies

Desirable

  • Experience of O.T. practice in varied settings
  • Experience of research procedures
  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
  • Taking a lead role in the implementation of current research in a specialist area, both formally and informally.

Other requirements

Essential

  • It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

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