Job summary

East Lancashire Hospice is a registered charity, founded in 1984. We support and care for patients with a life limiting illness, their families and others close to them. We provide this in a number of ways; at the hospice and in peoples own homes across our community.

As part of our drive to return to normal after the pandemic, we are re-introducing our very popular complementary therapy provision for those accessing hospice services. The service forms part of our Support and Wellbeing Department and will provide individualised treatments and therapeutic interventions to enhance the wellbeing of patients and families from our communities. The service will provide an out-patient clinic and also support patients on our Inpatient unit working with the medical and nursing teams to help minimise pharmacological interventions for symptom relief.

This role may be closed early applications dependent, as recruitment is ongoing so please apply as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

Qualifications are essential; however to support a person with life limiting illness or those at the end of life requires much more. Are you resilient enough to be able to cope with the extremes of human emotion and vulnerability? Are you sensitive and empathetic in your approach, whilst maintaining an appropriate sense of humour and an energetic positive approach. Will you take pride in the service you deliver, always looking for ways to improve and enhance this? If so this may be the role for you.

About us

The salary for the post is £25,094 for full time hours or pro-rata £15,056.69 for part time, 22.5 hours. The hours will be worked on a rota basis of up to any 5 days of the 7 day week. We do expect staff to be flexible to ensure service delivery is always covered.

We have an excellent, collaborative working environment with a generous holiday allowance of 27 days + Bank Holidays with the option to buy additional days. There is an employee / employer generous contributory pension scheme and you will have access to learning and development opportunities, ongoing training, and funded access to a private health scheme. There is also onsite parking and an onsite Cafe with reduced staff prices.

Aside from the terms and conditions detailed above, you will joining a very special and unique organisation, where people are at the heart of everything we do.

Equality and Diversity

We support an inclusive and holistic working environment and aim to empower our people to bring their authentic self to work. We are committed to this and so encourage applications from all individuals with the required skills for the role inclusive of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. ELH is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and volunteers."

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15,056.69 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0068-03-2025

Job locations

Park Lee Road

Blackburn

BB2 3NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work proactively as a Complementary Therapist within the Support and Wellbeing Team providing individualised therapeutic treatment programmes on both an out-patient basis and for those receiving care and support within the hospice Inpatient Unit.

Exercise professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of the patient ensuring an approach that complements existing medical provision.

Formulate and implement treatment plans, based on evidence of their efficacy; with a particular therapeutic focus on, for example, reducing anxiety, pain, stress and insomnia, enabling relaxation, a feeling of wellbeing and overall quality of life

Undertake risk assessment and risk management of clients/patients and work in partnership with healthcare professionals/others involved in the patients care to manage identified risks

Use empathy, tact, sensitivity and discretion when working with clients with long-term illness and those who may be approaching the end of their life

Manage a caseload and participate positively in prioritising referrals and using time efficiently to minimise waiting times

Provide patients with a clear synopsis of the assessment process and treatment plan including aftercare advice notifying relevant healthcare professionals and the multi-disciplinary team once treatment is complete.

Provide advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team and other professionals on the complementary therapy dimensions of illness and early death

Lead and / or contribute to developments and projects to evaluate the effectiveness of Complementary Therapy provision

Be responsible and accountable for own actions, working within the boundaries of the role and standards of practice set by own professional body.

Contribute to the development of staff / volunteers and informal carers to enable continuity of support for the patient where this is appropriate for example M Technique

Work collaboratively with the wider clinical team to maximise outcomes for patients

Engage pro-actively with colleagues across the hospice community to develop own understanding of the contributions of each department to patient care

Support the line manager in service development, evaluation and monitoring.