Stroke Activity Coordinator

1 week ago


Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an activity coordinator to join our highly motivated, dynamic and hardworking team within Daybrook, stroke rehabilitation services.


If you are a highly motivated and dedicated individual looking to be challenged within your work, then this may be the post for you.


To gain consent for intervention from patients by sharing clear, easily understood information relating to any individual or group activity programmes.

To provide meaningful, evidence based, person centred activities for both individuals and groups of patients.

  • To appropriately gather relevant information about patients, in order to plan, implement, and evaluate activity based interventions.
  • Utilising tact and persuasion engage patients in activity programmes, making basic clinical decisions e.g. is the patient fit to undertake the planned activity.
  • To plan, prepare and carry out the appropriate level of meaningful activity with patients, and to progress activity programmes under appropriate guidance from qualified therapy staff.
  • To work with a range of evidence based approaches, in order to meet a range of patient need on the acute wards.
  • Communicate effectively with patients, carers/relatives and all multiprofessional colleagues regarding all aspects of patient care.
  • To ensure that all activity provision, and all use of resources relating to activity, is in accordance with relevant Trust Policy.
  • To actively consider all aspects of risk management whilst carrying out clinical and nonclinical duties.
  • Maintain accurate patient records and departmental documentation as per Therapy guidance and Trust policies.


With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population.

We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Job Description:

JOB TITLE:
Activity Co-ordinator

DIVISION:
Clinical Support

GRADE:
Band 3

REPORTS TO:
Ward Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO:
Matron

About NUH

  • Patients - We will ensure our patients receive consistently high quality, safe care with outstanding outcomes and experience
  • People - We will build on our position as an employer of choice; with an engaged, developed and empowered team that puts patient care at the heart of everything it does
  • Places - We will invest in our estate, equipment and digital infrastructure to support the delivery of high quality patient care
  • Performance - We will consistently achieve our performance standards and make the best use of resources to contribute to an affordable healthcare system
  • Partners - We will support the improvement of the health of the communities we serve through strong system leadership and innovative partnerships to deliver integrated models of care
  • Potential - We will deliver world-class research and education and transform health through innovation

Our values are:
Caring and helpful; Safe and Vigilant for our patients and colleagues; Being Clinically Excellent and driving innovation to meet the needs of our patients; Using our Resources wisely whilst; Providing Quality products, services and experiences for staff and patients

JOB SUMMARY


The post holder will work as an activity co-ordinator with in-patients on acute wards within the trust, under the guidance and supervision of qualified nursing and therapy staff.


The post holder will develop the provision of a varied and ongoing programme of individual and group based evidence based activities for in-patients.


The post holder will maximise the range of evidence based activities that can be provided on acute wards, in order to improve patient experience of hospital stays, to maintain or rehabilitate in-patients' physical and cognitive skills, and to contribute towards discharge planning processes.


The post holder will work alongside others engaged in the delivery of meaningful activity on acute wards, in order to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient activity programmes.


KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical

  • To gain consent for intervention from patients by sharing clear, easily understood information relating to any individual or group activity programmes planned.
  • To provide meaningful, evidence based, person centred activities for both individuals and groups of patients.
  • To appropriately gather relevant information about patients, in order to plan, implement, and evaluate activity based interventions.
  • Utilising tact and persuasion engage patients in activity programmes, making basic clinical decisions e.g. is the patient fit to undertake the planned activity.
  • To plan, prepare and carry


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