Job summary
22.5 Hours per week
£25,901 to £28,424 (pro rata) per annum, depending on experience.
Permanent
Would you like to have total job satisfaction? Then come and join our Complementary Therapy Team!
If you want to feel personal fulfilment from a career with real meaning, consider Rowcroft Hospice. We offer purposeful work in a uniquely progressive environment.
Our Complementary Therapy Team works across all areas of the hospice to support patients, family caregivers, bereaved people, and staff. We offer therapy sessions on site at Rowcroft and out in the community.
Main duties of the job
What you'll bring
A recognised qualification in Massage plus another therapy such as Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Reiki, Shiatsu, Bowen. You need to be insured and registered with an appropriate professional body and able to drive to see patients in their own homes. Evidence of continued professional development would be desirable.
You will be driven by our cause and will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment as part of a close team to deliver on our strategy takes real teamwork, energy and passion, no two days are ever the same!
What's in it for you?
You will be supported and encouraged to innovate and to try new things. Our scope of work, and our confident organisational vision, creates opportunities for progress and development. We work together with passion and pride in an environment where people are caring, considerate, inclusive, and welcoming. It can be tough. We don't shy away from that. But you'll clearly see the importance and impact of your work and feel recognised and part of something remarkable.
About us
Rowcroft Hospice is an independent charity that provides comfort, support, and specialist care to over 2,000 patients, and their loved ones, across South Devon each year.
Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon.
Take a look here to find out what our team says about working at Rowcroft and the employee benefits on offer.
For more information, or an informal discussion about the role please contact Liz Haddon, Complementary Therapy Team Leader, elizabeth.haddon@rowcrofthospice.org.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Complementary
Therapist
Reporting to: Complementary Therapy Team
Leader
Job purpose: Our Vision is to make every day
the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting
illnesses in South Devon. As a
member of our Complementary Therapy Team, you will deliver this by providing
therapeutic support in one-to-one sessions and/or group sessions for patients,
carers and bereaved people on site at Rowcroft and within the Rowcroft
catchment area.
Our Values:
Honesty & Integrity Generosity of Spirit Respect Team Player
Key roles and responsibilities:
- Tailor therapy assessment and treatment, with attention to patients individual
needs and preferences, spanning physical, emotional, social and spiritual
dimensions, adapting therapy input as their condition changes.
- Organise and plan own caseload to meet service. Plan patient priorities
and needs and maintain comprehensive records of treatment.
- Initiate effective communication within the complementary therapy team
and the wider multidisciplinary team, plus external agencies as appropriate.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning & development and
wellbeing. Identify your own learning and development needs and ensure your
mandatory and essential training is up to date. Undertake continuous
professional development and clinical supervision where appropriate. Help to
create an environment that is continually questioning practice and promoting
learning.
- Play an active part promoting, encouraging and supporting our team
volunteers.
This list can never be exhaustive but covers most
of the work youll be doing. What it cant replace is your ability to care, your
talent, your initiative and commitment to great customer service.
Infection
Prevention
All Rowcroft Hospice employees in both clinical
and non-clinical roles are required to adhere to the Infection Prevention
and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of
infection control at all times to reduce the burden of Healthcare Associated
Infections including MRSA.
You
agree to the following responsibilities:
-
To decontaminate your hands prior to and after
direct patient care or contact with the patient's surroundings.
-
To take part in mandatory infection control
training provided.
-
To responsibly manage your own infections (other
than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients, including
to contact Occupational Health for guidance.
Place
of Work
This
role has been identified as a Field worker (role could be carried
out at a Rowcroft site or other location, subject to the varying needs of the
role. Will spend planned time at
Rowcroft sites, or other locations as the role requires, which could include
patients homes and Rowcroft and non-Rowcroft locations to meet the needs of
the service).
This
will be fully discussed and agreed with the postholder to meet individual and
business needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Complementary
Therapist
Reporting to: Complementary Therapy Team
Leader
Job purpose: Our Vision is to make every day
the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting
illnesses in South Devon. As a
member of our Complementary Therapy Team, you will deliver this by providing
therapeutic support in one-to-one sessions and/or group sessions for patients,
carers and bereaved people on site at Rowcroft and within the Rowcroft
catchment area.
Our Values:
Honesty & Integrity Generosity of Spirit Respect Team Player
Key roles and responsibilities:
- Tailor therapy assessment and treatment, with attention to patients individual
needs and preferences, spanning physical, emotional, social and spiritual
dimensions, adapting therapy input as their condition changes.
- Organise and plan own caseload to meet service. Plan patient priorities
and needs and maintain comprehensive records of treatment.
- Initiate effective communication within the complementary therapy team
and the wider multidisciplinary team, plus external agencies as appropriate.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning & development and
wellbeing. Identify your own learning and development needs and ensure your
mandatory and essential training is up to date. Undertake continuous
professional development and clinical supervision where appropriate. Help to
create an environment that is continually questioning practice and promoting
learning.
- Play an active part promoting, encouraging and supporting our team
volunteers.
This list can never be exhaustive but covers most
of the work youll be doing. What it cant replace is your ability to care, your
talent, your initiative and commitment to great customer service.
Infection
Prevention
All Rowcroft Hospice employees in both clinical
and non-clinical roles are required to adhere to the Infection Prevention
and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of
infection control at all times to reduce the burden of Healthcare Associated
Infections including MRSA.
You
agree to the following responsibilities:
-
To decontaminate your hands prior to and after
direct patient care or contact with the patient's surroundings.
-
To take part in mandatory infection control
training provided.
-
To responsibly manage your own infections (other
than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients, including
to contact Occupational Health for guidance.
Place
of Work
This
role has been identified as a Field worker (role could be carried
out at a Rowcroft site or other location, subject to the varying needs of the
role. Will spend planned time at
Rowcroft sites, or other locations as the role requires, which could include
patients homes and Rowcroft and non-Rowcroft locations to meet the needs of
the service).
This
will be fully discussed and agreed with the postholder to meet individual and
business needs.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to work independently.
- IT skills for accurate patient record keeping.
Desirable
- Empathic listening skills.
- Reflective practice to promote self-development.
Personal Requirements
Essential
- Leadership through creative problem solving, a positive can-do attitude and a willingness and desire to ensure all, who come into contact with Rowcroft, have the best possible experience.
- A desire to be part of a committed and hardworking team in line with the ethics and values of Rowcroft Hospice, always acting in the best interests of Rowcroft.
Desirable
- A good understanding of the purpose, values and strategy of Rowcroft Hospice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in massage and one other therapy e.g., aromatherapy, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu, Bowen.
- Anatomy and physiology qualification.
- Registration and insurance with appropriate professional body.
- Full UK driving licence and able to drive to home visits.
Desirable
- Qualification in teaching relaxation techniques.
- Qualification in teaching mindfulness.
- CPD portfolio.
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of working in the complementary therapy industry.
Desirable
- Empathic listening skills.
- Reflective practice to promote self-development.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to work independently.
- IT skills for accurate patient record keeping.
Desirable
- Empathic listening skills.
- Reflective practice to promote self-development.
Personal Requirements
Essential
- Leadership through creative problem solving, a positive can-do attitude and a willingness and desire to ensure all, who come into contact with Rowcroft, have the best possible experience.
- A desire to be part of a committed and hardworking team in line with the ethics and values of Rowcroft Hospice, always acting in the best interests of Rowcroft.
Desirable
- A good understanding of the purpose, values and strategy of Rowcroft Hospice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in massage and one other therapy e.g., aromatherapy, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu, Bowen.
- Anatomy and physiology qualification.
- Registration and insurance with appropriate professional body.
- Full UK driving licence and able to drive to home visits.
Desirable
- Qualification in teaching relaxation techniques.
- Qualification in teaching mindfulness.
- CPD portfolio.
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of working in the complementary therapy industry.
Desirable
- Empathic listening skills.
- Reflective practice to promote self-development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
