RNRU Leisure Coordinator | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Leisure Coordinator to enhance the lives of individuals after brain injury. The role involves organizing and running leisure activities, managing volunteers, and contributing to inter-disciplinary rehabilitation. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic and organized, emphasizing diversity and inclusion. This position offers a chance to make a real impact in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and organised with an interest in making a difference after brain injury.
• Experience in organizing and running leisure activities, including individual and group activities.
• Ability to recruit and manage a team of volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Organise and run leisure activities for service users.
• Support service users to provide feedback through monthly groups.
• Manage the provision of leisure and recreational components for rehabilitation.

Job description

If you are an enthusiastic and organised person with an interest in making a real difference to people's lives after brain injury, this is a great opportunity for you. We are recruiting to the Leisure Coordinator post at the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit at Homerton Hospital.

The post holder will be organising and running leisure activities for our service users, including individual and group activities, and those including external services. They are an integral and much-valued member of our busy team. At times, the Leisure Coordinator has volunteers assisting them, and the post holder recruits and manages this team.

Homerton celebrates diversity and greatly values lifelong learning. The Leisure Coordinator is a core member of the multidisciplinary team at the specialist Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit at Homerton Hospital. They are responsible for the provision of the leisure and recreational component of inter-disciplinary rehabilitation, including running sessions and booking external activities. They also support people to share feedback through the monthly Service Users Group, and through discharge questionnaires.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, the City and South East England. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are committed to equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.