Activity Facilitator

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for the right motivated individual to join our team at Akenside Ward.

Akenside ward is a 10 bed functional assessment and treatment ward for  older peoples.  It is about to move to St. Nicholas Hospital to a newly refurbished ward.

The post is to provide social, recreational and meaningful activities to our patients during their hospital stay.  The successful applicant will work with the nursing and wider multidisciplinary team to provide group and individual sessions.

We look forward to welcoming you to our well established and enthusiastic team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to an activity based culture on the ward

Work alongside nurses and occupational therapy staff to plan and implement sessions arising from treatment plans

To plan, implement, evaluate and record social, recreational and leisure activities

to contribute to the ongoing overall risk assessment within the multidisciplinary team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder’s focus will be to work towards creating an activity-based culture on the Inpatient ward environment. They will both provide and co-ordinate a range of social, recreational and leisure activities within the ward. The post holder will also undertake designated tasks from both nursing and Occupational Therapy treatment plans for identified individuals. The Post holder will receive regular supervision from an identified supervisor within the ward team. To plan, implement, evaluate and record a range of social, recreational and leisure activities within the ward In conjunction with qualified nursing and Occupational Therapy staff, co-ordinate a timetable of activities on each area to be implemented by self and support worker staff To work with individual service users on delegated areas of their treatment plans to help facilitate recovery. To contribute to the monitoring, evaluation and modification of service users’ interventions in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness To develop and demonstrate an understanding of the Occupational Therapy process, particularly activity analysis and graded interventions To contribute to the overall ongoing risk assessment carried out by the MDT To ensure an appropriate environment and equipment is available to carry out identified activities.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date:  14th May 2026

Closing date: 28th May 2026

We welcome your application.