Activity Coordinator

TN United Kingdom; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health trust as an Inpatient Activity Coordinator, where you'll facilitate engaging activities for patients with mental health needs. This role offers a chance to make a positive impact on patient wellbeing while working within a supportive team. Ideal candidates will be creative, compassionate, and dedicated to improving lives through meaningful interactions.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

27 days holiday allowance

Free onsite parking

Health and Wellbeing Support

Discounted shopping and recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating activities with dementia patients.
• Knowledge of mental health issues and elderly care.
• Willingness to learn and engage in various activities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and facilitate 1:1 and group activities for inpatients.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
• Create individualised activity timetables promoting mental and physical health.

Skills

Communication

Creativity

Compassion

Organisational skills

Job description

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Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Do you have experience of facilitating activities or group work with people who have a Dementia diagnosis?

Do you have good knowledge of mental health issues and have experience working with our elderly population?

If the answer is yes to both questions, then we may have a fantastic opportunity for you!

At Leicestershire Partnership Trust we have an exciting brand-new job opportunity within our Mental Health Services for adults as an Inpatient Activity Coordinator based at The Willows Hospital.

The Willows have three wards, Cedar and Sycamore ward are step down acute wards (10 beds each) and Maple ward is Level 2 High dependency Unit for locked rehab (8 beds).

As an Inpatient Activity Coordinator, you will be based on the ward delivering and facilitating 1:1 and group activities that will meet a range of needs for our inpatients including physical, mental and social wellbeing. You will also work closely with the multi-disciplinary team such as Medical, Nursing, Therapy and Psychology staff as well as the Wellbeing and Engagement Officers.

The ideal candidate will be dedicated, creative and passionate about delivering excellent care to our patients.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

For an informal chat, please contact Chantel Nicholson on 0116 2255838 or e-mail [emailprotected] .

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

As an Inpatient Activity Coordinator, you will collaborate with a wide healthcare team to create individualised activity timetables that promote mental, emotional, and physical health.

Creativity, compassion, and organisational skills will help transform the inpatient experience, making a positive impact on wellbeing and patient satisfaction. This role is perfect for a dynamic individual who is passionate about improving the lives of others through meaningful interactions and tailored programs.

For this role you must have a real desire to look after and help people, have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate all of our trust values.

Some of the activities you will be supporting with include bingo, art projects , playing games and much more. We are not expecting everyone to know everything in all aspects of the role when applying, but someone who is willing to have fun whilst upskilling themselves would be the ideal candidate!

This role covers a 7 day rota including evenings and weekend.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.