Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
Mary Seacole is a newly integrated unit dedicated to providing high-quality care and rehabilitation, promoting health, independence, and overall well-being. Our team is committed to treating every patient with dignity and respect, ensuring they are actively involved in decisions throughout their care journey while prioritizing what matters most to them.
As an Activities Coordinator, you will play a vital role within the ward team, coordinating, delivering, and monitoring a variety of activities tailored to support patients during their stay. You will be responsible for welcoming patients and visitors, ensuring their comfort, and addressing their individual needs. Additionally, you will assist the ward sister with designated tasks to enhance the patient experience and contribute to their recovery.
Main duties of the job
1. To work closely with the MDT in identifying and facilitating patient centred activities contributing positively to the wellbeing of patients.
2. Work with members of the multidisciplinary team and ward volunteers to prepare and implement social, leisure and recreational activities with patients
3. Arrange individual activities for patients as appropriate providing 1-1 social contact with patients according to the individual ability of the patient to participate.
4. To provide culturally appropriate activities for patients
5. Ensure there are a range of individual activities for patients; e.g. board games, electronic games, music therapy, creative crafts and reading/observational material.
6. Organise social events on the Reablement Unit to include patients, relatives, staff and visitors.
7. Organise and arrange group activities for patients to promote social interaction.
8. To be responsible for games and activity equipment, ensuring all equipment is safe and in working order. If new games or activity equipment is required to work with MDT and Clinical manager to determine items required.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
9. The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
10. Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
11. Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work closely as part of the multidisciplinary team including Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Registered Nurses, Medical staff, support staff and volunteers.
COMMUNICATION/RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
To protect and maintain confidentiality of information concerning patients, visitors and staff at all times.
Communicate using appropriate verbal and non-verbal methods.
Ensure and demonstrate written and electronic communication are up-to- date and that they are succinct, clear, legible, accurate and comprehensive.
Co-operate and communicate clearly and professionally with the MDT any changes that may affect patient care.
Act in a professional manner at all times when interacting with patients, relatives, colleges, other service users and visitors.
To feedback on patient’s ability to join in with activities and techniques developed to settle the patient to support discharge planning.
Communicate effectively any situations or potential situations affecting the health and safety of staff, patients and visitors to the designated nurse in charge
Gather constructive feed back from patients, carers and staff.
Report any untoward incidents or events either verbally or in writing, using the Trust electronic incident reporting system
PLANNING/ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Work on own initiative making assessment of workload and adjustments to daily routine as required.
Assist patients in all activities in daily living when required.
Identify and takes action when own or others behaviours undermines equality and diversity.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Take part in regular performance appraisal. Undertake any training required in order to maintain competency including mandatory training.
To comply with Trust Infection Control Policies and conduct himself/herself at all times in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection
To abide by any relevant code of professional conduct and/or practice applicable to you.
To assess risk and manage it effectively, in line with trust risk policies
Refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Experience in facilitating groups and individual activities
13. Experience of working in team
Desirable criteria
14. Provision of activities in health or social care
Skills
Essential criteria
15. Able to demonstrate an understanding of the needs of patients
16. Commitment and ability to work in MDT team
17. IT skills
Other
Essential criteria
18. Demonstrates commitment to personal development
19. Ability to work independently and be self motivated
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameKathryn MaskensJob titleWard MatronEmail addressTelephone number07799075250