Job summary
- Main area
- Older Adults Wards
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 205-6487118
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Diversional Therapist
Band 2
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Older Adults Wards at UHNM as a Diversional Therapist on Ward 80. This is an exciting new role that will support our most vulnerable older adult patients whilst they are in the hospital setting. This role involves working closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure we provide the highest standards of care to our most vulnerable older adults.
Main duties of the job
To act of a central person on the ward areas to plan and deliver activities for our older adult patients .
Liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide individualised care and activities suited to the needs of the older adult patients.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Application form
Essential criteria
- GCSE's Grades A-C or equivalent in Maths and English
- Experience of working in a hospital environment
- Excellent communication and listening skills
Application
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a similar role in a hospital setting
- Experience of working with a care environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Havard
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 671714
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