Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator

The closing date is 04 June 2025

Job summary

Join our compassionate and dynamic team at the Welcome Treatment Centre, Sherwood Forest Hospitals, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing the patient experience through the delivery of high-quality Complementary Therapies. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals undergoing Oncology and Haematology cancer treatments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver a range of personalised, holistic therapies in a supportive clinical environment, tailored to the needs of patients receiving cancer care.
  • Ensure all therapies are provided in line with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's policies and procedures, maintaining the highest standards of safety and professionalism.
  • Collaborate closely with nursing and medical staff, as well as the wider Multi-disciplinary Team, to integrate complementary therapies into patient care plans.
  • Contribute to a nurturing and therapeutic atmosphere that promotes wellbeing, comfort, and dignity for all patients.

Main duties of the job

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details

Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-MED-7182803

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Rd

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Two years post certificate experience of working with patients
  • Relevant experience of working with cancer patients or seriously ill patients

Qualifications

Essential

  • A recognised qualification in one or more complementary therapies
  • Membership of professional organisation.
  • Valid insurance

Further Training

Essential

  • Counselling and /or customer care course.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care experience and excellent communication skills.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Regular attendee, able to work flexibly within working hours of department
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Two years post certificate experience of working with patients
  • Relevant experience of working with cancer patients or seriously ill patients

Qualifications

Essential

  • A recognised qualification in one or more complementary therapies
  • Membership of professional organisation.
  • Valid insurance

Further Training

Essential

  • Counselling and /or customer care course.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care experience and excellent communication skills.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Regular attendee, able to work flexibly within working hours of department

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Rd

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Rd

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Welcome Treatment Centre Department Leader

Tracy Smith

tracyjane.smith@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-MED-7182803

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Rd

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Supporting documents

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