Activity Coordinator- Bodmin Catu - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Bodmin, United Kingdom

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Description

**Activity Coordinator

Bodmin CATU**:

Band 3:

Main area

Activity Coordinator

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Grade

Band 3

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Contract

Permanent: Full and part time hours available

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Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours, including weekends and evenings.)
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Job ref

Site

Bodmin Community Hospital

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Town

Bodmin

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Salary
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per Annum / Pro rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

Today at 23:59

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Interview date

16/05/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

The Bodmin Community Assessment Treatment Unit (CATU) aims to undertake patient management nearer to home linking into the care provided by GP teams

Bodmin CATU is an exciting place to work; a nurse led unit at Bodmin Community Hospital.

Created to accept patients from Home or ED, nurses and healthcare assistants are using their assessment skills and developing practical skills.

We are looking for dynamic people who wish to join our team and expand their skill set within support roles, with the opportunity to support dynamic patient flow within a multidisciplinary team which includes doctors, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

Main duties of the job:

We are recruiting for a full time and part time Activity Coordinators to join our team on Bodmin CATU. The postholder will provide meaningful activities for the patients who are admitted to the ward. The activities could include exercises, crafts, games and mental stimulation.

We are looking for someone who is able to work independently, to motivate and to encourage patients within a positive and active environment.

The role will require good creative skills and the ability to use own initiative to provide activities for patients with varying abilities.

You will be part of the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary team.

Bodmin Community Hospital is a busy community hospital with a variety of services including an MIU department, out-patient department, Xray and two wards

Bodmin

CATU with 24 beds, Anchor Ward with 13 beds and the Woodfield Stroke Unit with 9 beds

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.

Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

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