North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Diversional Activities Worker
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Band 3 Diversional Activities Worker - Part time - 7.5 Hours per Week
PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for sponsorship
We have an exciting opportunity for a new member of staff to join our team in Substance Misuse on the Edward Myers Inpatient Unit.
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we’d like you to be part of it. To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate person who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving mental health trust in the country. Our vision is ‘To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.’ Our teams pride themselves on compassion, teamwork and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free of charge.
- To support the clinical team in providing a meaningful and therapeutic day for the patient group by providing diversional activities, support and practical assistance without the direct supervision of qualified staff. These activities may take place in either an inpatient or community setting.
- To contribute to the effective running of the unit, undertaking appropriate basic nursing and housekeeping tasks, if delegated.
- To establish and maintain a rapport with service users, carers, relatives and visitors and to contribute to a positive and welcoming atmosphere.
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As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.
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The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Peter Milgate
- Job title: Ward Manager
- Email address: peter.milgate@combined.nhs.uk
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