Activity Coordinator

3 months ago

Bury, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

Job overview

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will help deliver and encourage clients to participate in socially interactive activities.
The post holder will identify a varied and interesting activity programme for service users.
The post holder will document the engagement to activities by the service users and record in service user records.
The post holder will ensure the activities available on the ward are appropriate for the client group
The post holder will support alongside the ward team to ensure patient fundamental care needs are met and dignity is maintained
The post holder will actively plan fundraising events for the ward with support from the Ward Manager
The post holder will network with appropriate and relevant partners and agencies to promote healthy relationships between community and acute services
The post holder will actively lead publicising the activities and monthly campaigns on the ward with the Communications team to ensure the profile of the ward is heightened
The post holder will contribute to the maintaining a safe and effective working environment being assigned duties from the Shift Co-Ordinator/Ward Manager

Main duties of the job
- With support from the Ward Leadership Team/Multidisciplinary team, contribute to providing a range of social interaction and well-being activities, e.g., activity groups, and on an individual basis, with mínimal supervision.
- In collaboration with the client group and Ward Manager, maintain and develop the activities timetable for the ward and for each client on an individual recovery focussed basis.
- Work alongside colleagues e.g., Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Nursing staff to deliver a range of activities that are recovery focussed and suit the individual needs of each client.
- Document all engagement with clients in their case notes to ensure the clinical team is kept up to date with client’s participation in activities. Verbally hand over this information to the Therapeutic and nursing team on a shift-by-shift basis as appropriate.
- The post holder will support learners in the workplace by providing an opportunity for shadowing with the activity co-ordinator to observe activities being planned and delivered.
- Ensure the provision of timely fundamental patient care by working alongside the ward team to support patients with activities of daily living.

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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**, **appreciate** and **inspire** - 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.Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- Level 2 Health and Social Care accreditation / Care Certificate

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria
- Genuinely committed to service development
- Genuinely passionate about providing the best experience for the patient group
- Experience of working in an acute or rehabilitation healthcare setting

Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing patients with challenging behaviour
- Previous experience of activity co-ordinating in a health and/or a social care background

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
- Demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and patients
- Appreciates and values the benefits of team working
- Creative, organised, and adaptable
- Enthusiastic and focused on enhancing a positive service user experience
- Outgoing and able to plan work on own initiative
- Good IT skills
- Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work to high standard under indirect supervision

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to

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