Activities Co-ordinator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Medical services business unit as an activities co-ordinator. The individual will have an interest in working with patients who present with often end stage functional disorders. The successful candidate will work seamlessly with the wider Multi-disciplinary team (MDT), including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Nursing staff to deliver tailored activities to enhance cognitive rehabilitation.

The successful candidate will be an excellent team worker and enjoy delivering high quality, therapeutic and efficient care for patients using a variety of approaches guided by the wider MDT.

Main duties of the job

• To plan, organise and facilitate a comprehensive range of individualised, group and one to one activities for the inpatients on the ward.
• To promote and encourage appropriate, individualised level of patient participation.
• To facilitate patient activities that promote, social interaction, enhance self esteem and help to maintain or enhance functional ability.
• To support the multi disciplinary team in the assessment of patients with functional disorders.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.