Complementary Therapist | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 27 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata for part time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton In Ashfield, NG174HJ |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7208338/186-654-25-MH |
Summary
Nottinghamshire Healthcare are delighted to offer a post for Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator to join our specialist team.
Based within our John Eastwood Hospice and benefiting from fantastic dedicated therapy suites. The successful candidate will lead our complementary therapy services for our inpatient and outpatient provision .
We are seeking a skilled and experienced qualified therapist to deliver a range of therapies based on the needs of patients and those important to them.
Experience of working within the NHS and/ or with patients with palliative care needs is essential.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Please see attached job description for full breadth or duties
You will deliver high quality, individual focused therapies across a range if inpatients and outpatients as well as those important to them, their carers and at times our staff and other professionals
You will deliver training and support to the wider team and to other professionals to support the delivery of simple therapies to benefit patient care.
You will be a key part or our Living Well Services contributing to service development to make sure it continues to meet the challenges of our patient population.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
in addition to job description:
Ability to coordinate volunteers
Manage own caseload and appointment diary
To attend multidisciplinary team meetings and ward handovers
To support the Living Well Centre with facilitating groups for day/outpatients
To be involved in research projects to aid development of the service
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Jun 2025
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