Inpatient Activity Co-ordinator

Job summary

Main duties of the job

As an Inpatient Activity Coordinator, you will collaborate with a wide healthcare team to create individualised activity timetables that promote mental, emotional, and physical health. Creativity, compassion, and organisational skills will help transform the inpatient experience, making a positive impact on recovery and patient satisfaction.

This role is perfect for a dynamic individual who is passionate about improving the lives of others through meaningful interactions and tailored programs. For this role you must have a real desire to look after and help people, have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate all of our trust values. Some of the activities you will be supporting with include bingo, art projects , playing games and much more.

We are not expecting everyone to know everything in all aspects of the role when applying, but someone who is willing to have fun whilst upskilling themselves would be the ideal candidate! We have a specialist unit vehicle that we use with our patients and families, therefore a driving licence is essential for this role. All of these roles cover a 7 day rota including evenings and weekend.

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.