Activity Coordinator | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; Presencial; GBP 26.000 - 27.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Activity Coordinator to join Ward L5. The role involves developing and delivering a programme of social activities for patients, documenting engagement in the EPR, and collaborating with the nursing team to meet patient care needs while maintaining dignity.

You will engage with partners and lead ward campaigns, supporting fundraising and community links, with supervision from the Ward Manager.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver and encourage patients to participate in socially interactive activities.
• Identify a varied activity programme for patients on Ward L5.
• Document engagement in EPR and keep clinical team updated.
• Support nursing team to meet patient care needs and dignity.
• Lead fundraising efforts for the ward with senior support.
• Network with partners to promote relationships between community and acute services.
• Publicise activities and monthly campaigns on the ward.
• Contribute to a safe and effective working environment as directed by Ward Manager.
• Provide social interaction and wellbeing activities with minimal supervision.
• Maintain and develop ward activity timetable and individual plans.
• Record engagement in patient notes for ongoing care.
• Update activity timetables for individuals and groups as needs change.
• Demonstrate safe moving and handling; request support for complex cases.

Descripción del empleo

Activity Coordinator | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Salford, M6 8HD

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 8 Oct 2026

Closing date: 7 Nov 2026

L5 are looking for a highly motivated Activity Coordinator.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our highly acclaimed and well-established team on Ward L5 as an Activity Coordinator.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver and encourage our patients to participate in socially interactive activities.

You will identify a varied and interesting activity programme for our patients. You will document the engagement to activities by the service users and record in the electronic patient record (EPR).

You will ensure the activities available on the ward are appropriate for the patients. You will support alongside the nursing team to ensure patient fundamental care needs are met and dignity is maintained.

You will actively be involved fundraising for the ward with support from senior staff.

You will network with appropriate and relevant partners and agencies to promote healthy relationships between community and acute services.

You will actively lead publicising the activities and monthly campaigns on the ward.

You will contribute to the maintaining a safe and effective working environment being assigned duties from the Ward Manager.

With support from then nursing team you will contribute to providing a range of social interaction and well-being activities, e.g., activity groups, and on an individual basis, with minimal supervision.

In collaboration with the patients and the ward manager maintain and develop the activity timetable for the ward and for each patient on an individual basis.

Document all engagement in the patient electronic notes to ensure the clinical team is kept up to date with patient participation in activities.

Contribute to the regular updating of individual activity timetables for patient which offer a range of activities on an individual and group basis dependent on the patients needs. This can be subject to regular change.

Demonstrate safe and competent moving and handling skills, asking for support with complex cases. Undertake safe and competent equipment provision for stock items, asking for support with non-stock needs.

You will support learners in the workplace by providing an opportunity for shadowing with the activity co-ordinator to observe activities being planned and delivered.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care, appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack(opens in existing window)

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026

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