Activities Co-Ordinator

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Job overview

You should be prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of our patient population and provide an interesting, relevant and targeted activity programme. Experience of working within a health or social care setting is required. An outgoing personality with good communication, organisational and IT skills are also vital.

The Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre is a supra regional unit for patients who have sustained spinal cord damage as a result of trauma or pathology. Patients are accepted from a wide catchment area that covers much of the east of England.

The Therapy department offers a service to acute, rehabilitation and readmission patients. The Centre has 6 beds dedicated to ventilator dependent patients and 2 for respiratory patients.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must also be willing to perform a mix of clerical, domestic and patient related tasks.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to motivate and teach patients
• Collaborative team working skills
• Professional, patient centred care
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to act on own initiative, organise and manage case load
• Calm and flexible approach to changing work situations
• Ability to maintain accurate written records
• Sound IT skills to facilitate daily use of electronic patient records and communication

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Full UK drivers licence is essential for this role

Person specification

Qualifications

• - A diploma or equivalent qualification / experience in psychology or social sciences or Occupational Therapy
• - Training/experience relevant to area of work
• - Experience of delivering groups or support

• - Degree or equivalent qualification / experience in psychology/social sciences/ Occupational Therapy.
• - Experience/awareness of safe guarding principles

Experience

• - Experience of working within a heath or social care setting
• - Proven ability in managing projects and funding bids
• - Experience of organising and running activities and events
• - Experience of undertaking risk assessment and addressing risk/safeguarding issues for 1:1, group activities and running events

• - Budget management experience
• - Experience of work with patients
• - Experience of working with vulnerable adults.
• - Experience of working with Spinal Cord Injured Patients
• - Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• - Awareness of spinal cord injury, compassion and awareness of associated support needs.

Skills

• - Excellent communication skills, engagement and cooperation/motivational techniques.
• - Ability to coordinate, organise and facilitate a programme of 1:1 and group activities
• - Confident of own knowledge, aware of learning needs, seeks guidance as appropriate.
• - Awareness of safeguarding law and effective disclosure management.
• - Able to communicate effectively with a range of professionals
• - Able to organise own workload and work independently.
• - Proficient IT skills (Word processing, email, Excel and video calling)

• - Negotiation skills
• - Particular knowledge or skills that will contribute to post e.g. creative, music, physical activity, communication technology and design skills (posters etc.)
• - Knowledge of supporting patients with assistive technology .e.g. accessing wifi, using tablets, laptops, smartphones.
• - Experience of providing emotional support to patients/service users

Personal Qualities

• - Positive and compassionate attitude, problem-solving approach
• - Enthusiasm for role and potential for contribution to patient care
• - Team player with good working relationships.
• - Appropriately assertive, able to listen to others views, supportive of others
• - Flexible, adaptable, uses initiative, and able to explain own decisions.

• - Creative, imaginative, able to critically evaluate the effectiveness of role/activities and willing to adapt accordingly.

Special Requirements

• - Able to travel to range of locations if required
• - Self-motivated
• - Able to lead evening/weekend activities/groups if required, by prior arrangement
• - Car driver with current licence
• - Able to move equipment with aids or push persons in wheelchairs and setting up events etc
• - Willing to undertake training in basic manual handling, personal care and respiratory support

• - Training in ventilator patient support as a ‘second person’ only
• - Willing to drive Centre’s minibus.

Outside Interests

• - Interests/activities indicating teamwork, leadership, stress management.

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