After a successful first year of Complementary Therapies within our renal department we are looking for an Energy Therapist to treat staff, patients and carers across our Lister, St Albans and Harlow dialysis units from January 2025 to January 2026. We are looking for someone who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and an exemplary service to our renal staff and patients.
The successful candidate will work within our renal multidisciplinary services and be supported by our renal counsellors and multi professional service lead. They will provide a high standard of holistic care, to support the wellbeing of people working in renal services or receiving renal care, in accordance with the values, policies and procedures of the East and North Herts NHS Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage any applicants to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
• Provide energy therapy to patients and staff, both of whom can have complex needs.
• Manage own outlook diary and work 7.5hrs a week flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
• Maintain weekly work logs and submit these each week to the multi professional service administrator.
• Signpost patients and family members to the appropriate resources available in the Multi-Professional team where necessary.
• Gain valid, informed consent; recognise instances where patients lack capacity to give consent and respond appropriately complying with statutory and ethical frameworks.
• Respect patient, carer and staff rights regarding individual choice, beliefs, confidentiality, privacy and dignity at all times.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024