Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff
Health Care of Older People Activity Coordinator
Band 3
Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent: working weekends as part of a roster Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (working weekends as part of a roster) Job ref 164-7134731
Site QMC but could work cross site Town Nottingham Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to come and work as part of the Activity Coordinator team, within Occupational Therapy, on the Health Care of Older People wards at NUH.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 activity co-ordinators to join our Health Care of Older people Therapies team at Nottingham University Hospitals. The team works across both City and QMC campuses, and the roles will cover both sites.
The post holders will be passionate about working with older people, and able to engage them in meaningful activities while they are in hospital. Working closely with and under the supervision of the Therapies team, the post holders will deliver 1:1 and group activities to inpatients on our acute wards. The activities will be evidence based, and person centred. The post holders will have the ability to engage with patients with dementia and delirium, and to adapt their approach to work with a wide population of patients. They will work to improve patient experience of hospital stays, and to maintain or rehabilitate patient’s physical and cognitive skills.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide meaningful, evidence based, person centred activities for both individuals and groups of patients.
2. 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.
3. To work with a range of evidence based approaches, in order to meet a range of patient need on the acute wards.
4. To ensure that all activity provision, and all use of resources relating to activity, is in accordance with relevant Trust Policy.
5. To actively consider all aspects of risk management whilst carrying out clinical and non-clinical duties.
6. Maintain an ability to safely and competently assist with the handling and moving of patients when this is required therapeutically, including the safe use of all relevant manual handling equipment, plus wheelchairs and electric beds.
You will be provided with regular supervision by the Occupational Therapy team. We have received praise from Health Education England East Midlands regarding the quality of our learning environment.
Working for our organisation
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!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 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.
Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further details.
You will be required to wear PPE as led by Infection Prevention and Control policies.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* Basic literacy and Numeracy skills
* Willingness to develop basic skills and competencies relevant to the role
* Level 3 NVQ or QCF in a health care subject or equivalent experience
Experience
* Experience of caring for older people in health/social care setting
* Working with people with mental health problems
* Experience in occupational therapy
Communication
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Able to work within a team and individually.
* Ability to deal calmly with patients with distressed or anxious behaviour.
Planning and Organisational skills
* Take responsibility for planning, organising and preparing activities for In-Patients within an acute ward setting.
* Experience organising activities with patients.
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Application Information
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 the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
Closing Dates
Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
* Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Jo Mcaulay Job title Advance Practitioner Occupational Therapist: HCOP Email address jo.maculay1@nhs.net Telephone number 07812 269818 Additional information
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