Activities Organiser

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Priory Hospital Bristol is part of the Healthcare Division of Priory Group and has 77 beds over seven wards varying from Eating Disorders, Acute Mental Health, Acquired Brain Injury, Huntingdon’s and Dementia

The Priory Hospital Bristol is looking for a second activity co-ordinator to join our team. The post holder will work collaboratively in the planning, development and provision of a range of therapeutic, wellbeing and social activities for the patients across inpatient Acute and PICU wards. You will be working collaboratively with the occupational therapy team and ward staff.

The role working pattern will be weekends Saturday or Sunday 9-5pm, and set weekdays (days to be confirmed) 12-8pm or 1-9pm.

Duties may include:

• Providing a programme of activities to compliment the group therapy provision, including entertainment and events

• Listening to the patients through conversation and questionnaires to aid producing a programme of events/activities/entertainment

• Developing and maintaining links with local community churches, schools, gyms etc.

• Applicant will need to pre-plan and risk assess activities before they take place.

About you:

We are looking for a cheerful, outgoing, passionate individual. The ideal person will be organised and have some experience working within the care sector, therefore being able to understand the needs of patients and aid and facilitate activity choices. No experience as an activities co-ordinator is required but a positive, enthusiastic attitude is a must.