Job summary
As a Complementary Therapist, you will:
- Assess and Advise: Evaluate patients with complex needs, provide expert advice and develop personalised therapy plans.
- Tailor Treatments: Adapt therapies to meet individual patient needs
- Collaborate: Work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to ensure patients needs are met.
- Manage Referrals: Oversee the referral process to the complementary therapy service, ensuring appropriate allocation in conjunction with colleagues.
- Handle Caseloads: Manage the complementary therapy caseload with colleagues, ensuring timely patient reviews and treatments.
- Train and Educate: Organise, deliver, and evaluate training related to complementary therapy at the hospice to internal and external colleagues.
- Supervise Volunteers: Provide support and supervision to volunteer therapists, ensuring safe and effective patient care.
Location
Cross Site - Heald Green and Little Hulton
Salary
Hospice Band 5, £29,640-£35,619.
Competency Frameworks are used to determine pay levels on appointment to a post and also pay progression whilst in post. Individual competencies within the Competency Frameworks are aligned to qualifications, knowledge and skills.
Hours
24 hours per week, worked over four days (between Monday and Friday)
Closing date:
2nd August 2024
Interview date:
13th August 2024
Main duties of the job
The Person
- Are you a qualified therapist passionate about delivering holistic care? We are looking for a skilled Complementary Therapist to join our dedicated team and enhance the well-being of our patients and carers/families.
- Can you demonstrate the ability to use various strategies to provide skilled, compassionate, individualised therapies to patients and their carers/families?
- Are you able to demonstrate the importance of complementary therapy in palliative care?
- As our ideal candidate, you will be qualified to safely and competently deliver complementary therapies including Reflexology, Indian Head Massage/Massage, and Aromatherapy. You should hold recognised certifications from relevant bodies such as the Aromatherapy Regulation Working Group (e.g., IFPA, ITEC), The Reflexology Forum (e.g., AOR, BRA), and The British Association of Massage Therapy, as well as Reiki 1st and 2nd degrees. If you are not already certified in Reiki Level 2, you must be willing to achieve this within your first year of employment.
- The role demands the ability to work independently as well as part of a team, effectively managing time and cross-site caseloads.
- You will need to be able to independently travel between our two hospice sites.
- If this sounds like you, apply today to bring your expertise in complementary therapies to a compassionate and supportive environment.
About us
Key Benefits
- 35 days annual leave rising to 37 after 5 years and 41 after 10 years (inc. bank holidays, pro rata for part-time employees)
- Free parking
- Contributory pension scheme up to 7% matched contribution. Ability to continue with a previously held NHS pension (subject to making contributions into the scheme in the previous 12 months).
- Life cover (Scottish Widows Pension scheme)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Buy an additional week annual leave (pro rate for part-time)
- Heath cash plan
- Discounted lunches on site
- Meaningful work, making a difference in the lives of others
- Opportunity to develop your leadership skills within a structured development framework
- IIP accredited employer creating the right environment for everyone to thrive and reach their potential
Please contact Fran Brown, Rehab Team Leader & Macmillan Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist for an informal chat on 0161 498 3659.
Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time.
The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, the cost of which is covered by the hospice.
Any post holder within the organisation will be expected to undertake safeguarding training appropriate to their role and adhere to safeguarding policies and procedures. All staff must work in accordance with their statutory roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding in accordance with the Working Together to Safeguarding Children 2023, The Care Act 2014, and Prevent Duty 2015.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Complementary Therapist will
- Assess
patients with complex needs and provide advice, developing therapy plans and
recording clinical notes accurately.
- Adapt
therapies as appropriate to patient needs and be accountable for their own
practice.
- Work as
part of the multidisciplinary team to provide complimentary therapy advice and
to ensure patients needs are met.
- Be
responsible for managing the referrals to the complementary therapy service and
appropriate allocation of these in conjunction with their peers.
- Manage
the complementary therapy caseload with peers, ensuring patients are seen and
reviewed in a timely manner.
- Organise,
deliver and evaluate training in relation to complementary therapy at the
hospice.
- Provide
support and mentorship to volunteer therapists to ensure the needs of patients
and their carers are met safely and effectively.
- Manage
safe storage and stock levels of complementary therapy resources
- Act in
accordance with hospice policies and guidelines.
- Actively
participate in continued professional development and the hospice performance
and development review programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Complementary Therapist will
- Assess
patients with complex needs and provide advice, developing therapy plans and
recording clinical notes accurately.
- Adapt
therapies as appropriate to patient needs and be accountable for their own
practice.
- Work as
part of the multidisciplinary team to provide complimentary therapy advice and
to ensure patients needs are met.
- Be
responsible for managing the referrals to the complementary therapy service and
appropriate allocation of these in conjunction with their peers.
- Manage
the complementary therapy caseload with peers, ensuring patients are seen and
reviewed in a timely manner.
- Organise,
deliver and evaluate training in relation to complementary therapy at the
hospice.
- Provide
support and mentorship to volunteer therapists to ensure the needs of patients
and their carers are met safely and effectively.
- Manage
safe storage and stock levels of complementary therapy resources
- Act in
accordance with hospice policies and guidelines.
- Actively
participate in continued professional development and the hospice performance
and development review programme.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- The Complementary Therapist will be able to:
- Demonstrate relevant post qualification experience.
- Provide patient centred care that recognises a person's individual concerns, goals, beliefs and culture.
- Demonstrate an understanding of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Demonstrate effective oral, written communication and IT skills.
- Deliver presentations/training internally and externally to enable staff to develop their knowledge of complementary therapy.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Effectively manage their time and cross-site caseloads.
- Recruit, induct, and support/mentor volunteers to deliver safe and effective complementary therapies.
- Understand the effects of a range of life limiting conditions and their treatments and the implications when delivering complementary therapies.
- Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of strategies to engage in skilled, compassionate, individualised and timely therapies with patients and their carers.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of complementary therapy in palliative care.
- Participate in quality improvement, audit and service improvement to ensure high clinical standards.
- Travel between the two hospice sites.
- Identify own development needs and show evidence of continued professional development.
Qualifications
Essential
- The Complementary Therapist will be:
- qualified to safely and competently deliver complementary therapies used at the hospice to include the following: Reflexology, Indian Head Massage/Massage, and Aromatherapy.
- The successful candidate would be required and supported to achieve reiki training to level 2 if not already achieved within the first year of employment
Desirable
- In addition, it would be desirable if the Complementary Therapist:
- Has completed relevant courses applicable to palliative care.
- Is a member of a special interest group
- Is trained to the level of Reiki level 2.
- Has experience of working with patients with life limiting conditions.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- The Complementary Therapist will be able to:
- Demonstrate relevant post qualification experience.
- Provide patient centred care that recognises a person's individual concerns, goals, beliefs and culture.
- Demonstrate an understanding of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Demonstrate effective oral, written communication and IT skills.
- Deliver presentations/training internally and externally to enable staff to develop their knowledge of complementary therapy.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Effectively manage their time and cross-site caseloads.
- Recruit, induct, and support/mentor volunteers to deliver safe and effective complementary therapies.
- Understand the effects of a range of life limiting conditions and their treatments and the implications when delivering complementary therapies.
- Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of strategies to engage in skilled, compassionate, individualised and timely therapies with patients and their carers.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of complementary therapy in palliative care.
- Participate in quality improvement, audit and service improvement to ensure high clinical standards.
- Travel between the two hospice sites.
- Identify own development needs and show evidence of continued professional development.
Qualifications
Essential
- The Complementary Therapist will be:
- qualified to safely and competently deliver complementary therapies used at the hospice to include the following: Reflexology, Indian Head Massage/Massage, and Aromatherapy.
- The successful candidate would be required and supported to achieve reiki training to level 2 if not already achieved within the first year of employment
Desirable
- In addition, it would be desirable if the Complementary Therapist:
- Has completed relevant courses applicable to palliative care.
- Is a member of a special interest group
- Is trained to the level of Reiki level 2.
- Has experience of working with patients with life limiting conditions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
