Specialist Occupational Therapist- Cancer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustFulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for oncology. Our cancer services based at Charing Cross Hospital offers a unique opportunity to work in a leading specialist cancer centre.
We offer the most up-to-date chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, which leads to one of the best survival rates in the country. In this specialist role, you will be a senior therapist providing high quality occupational therapy to oncology inpatients.
We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking and passionate therapist with excellent leadership, communication skills and advanced clinical skills, to join the team and deliver high quality, timely care. You will possess the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure. It is important that the successful applicant is a team player with a positive outlook, has enthusiasm and has the ability to learn and develop new skills.
You must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience in oncology, possessing highly specialist assessment, treatment and risk management skills.
Our Trust is part of the London Cancer Alliance and RM Partners. We possess a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.. This role is Macmillan adopted which allows the post holder to access further learning and development opportunities.
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The post holder will be part of a therapy service meeting the needs of a multi-cultural and diverse population. As a senior member of a committed team they will provide high quality occupational therapy assessment and treatment of adult inpatients within the oncology service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for developing this service and evaluating the provision in conjunction with the Clinical Lead Therapist.
The cancer service at Imperial provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary multi-modality diagnostics and treatments. It is one of the foremost cancer centres in the country. We hold national treatment centres for gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) and germ cell tumours, as well as the regional centre for nearly all complex cancer surgery and many diagnostics.
We strive to deliver a high quality, comprehensive and patient-focussed service for all our cancer patients in a compassionate and supportive manner, empowering them to rebuild their lives.
Being a Macmillan Professional gives you many additional opportunities such as access to a range of free learning and development, free information resources, support from a range of Macmillan subject experts, as well as access to our UK wide networks of cancer and palliative care specialists.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
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