Job Description
Job Overview
Make a real difference every day!
We are looking for a compassionate, creative, and motivated Meaningful Activity Coordinator to join our friendly and dedicated team at Rutland Memorial Hospital. Rutland Ward is an 18‑bed unit offering sub-acute care and rehabilitation, supported by an experienced multidisciplinary therapy team including nursing, therapy and support workers. This is a rewarding role where you will help patients maintain their wellbeing, independence, and sense of purpose through therapeutic and engaging activities. You will play a key part in enhancing the patient experience and supporting high‑quality care.
Free onsite parking is available for all staff.
Important note for candidates - unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and the minimum number of hours available per week is 22.5. Please do not submit an application if you require sponsorship or cannot work the minimum number of hours as we will be unable to offer an interview.
Contact Details:
Anna Euerby
OT Clinical Team Lead
Leicestershire Partnership Trust
07778446672
anna.euerby@nhs.net
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
🌟What you’ll be doing
- Helping patients maintain their health, wellbeing, and independence through personalised meaningful activities.
- Supporting patients during individual and group therapeutic sessions.
- Liaising with nursing and therapy staff to identify suitable activities tailored to each patient’s needs.
- Working collaboratively with volunteers, carers, community organisations, and external agencies to enrich the activity programme.
- Encouraging and supporting ward staff to participate in supplementary activity delivery.
- Ensuring a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all patients.
- Assisting registered professionals with the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
- Accurately recording patient information and activity outcomes.
- Organising and maintaining activity equipment and resources within an allocated budget.
- Taking responsibility for your own learning, development, and participation in clinical supervision.
- Demonstrating activity techniques and skills to healthcare assistants, carers, and new staff.
💡 What we’re looking for
- Someone who is patient‑centred, empathetic, and enthusiastic.
- A creative thinker who can design and deliver meaningful activities that support recovery and wellbeing.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build rapport with patients, families, and colleagues.
- Good organisational skills and confidence managing resources and recording information.
- A team player who is proactive, flexible, and committed to high standards of care.
🎁 What we offer
- A supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team.
- Opportunities for training, development, and clinical supervision.
- A chance to make a genuine impact on patients’ quality of life.
- Access to NHS benefits, pension scheme, and wellbeing support.
Ready to join us?
If you’re passionate about helping others, enjoy working creatively, and want to be part of a team that puts people first, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us bring meaningful moments to every patient’s day.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.