Ward Activity Coordinator – Wellbeing & Community Outreach

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Pendlebury; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated Activity Coordinator for Ward L3. You will lead social interaction and well-being activities, help develop patient activity timetables, and document participation in the EPR to keep the clinical team informed.

Work with the ward team to ensure activities meet patient needs, support learners, and promote referral pathways to community services.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering social interaction and well-being activities.
• Ability to maintain and develop activity timetables for ward and individual patients.
• Document engagement in patient records to keep clinical team updated.
• Demonstrate safe moving and handling and equipment provision as needed.

Responsibilities

• With support from the nursing team, 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 ward leaders maintain and develop the activity timetable for the ward and for each patient on a 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 patients which offer a range of activities on an individual and group basis dependent on the client's 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.
• Use knowledge of community services to enable appropriate referral pathways.
• Ensure the provision of timely fundamental patient care by working alongside the ward team to support patients with activities of daily care.

Skills

Social interaction

Activity planning

Documentation

Moving handling

Job description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated Activity Coordinator for Ward L3. You will lead social interaction and well-being activities, help develop patient activity timetables, and document participation in the EPR to keep the clinical team informed.

Work with the ward team to ensure activities meet patient needs, support learners, and promote referral pathways to community services.