Type: Paid

Date: 22 05 2025

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Job role: Lead Complementary Therapist
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 3 years (Possibility of extension)
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Location: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (HHFT) in Basingstoke
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata

Job overview

As the Lead Complementary Therapist for cancer services at HHFT, you will provide expert knowledge and skills around suitable, effective and safe complementary therapies to the wider cancer team and patients. You will be required to lead and support a team of complementary therapists and act as a core member of the multi-disciplinary oncology team. As a practicing therapist, you will be directly responsible for providing a range of complementary therapies to HHFT cancer patients.

You will work closely with the operational service manager for oncology and the lead Clinical nurse specialist to grow and develop the complementary therapy service within the Wellbeing and Supportive Care Service.
 
You will maintain excellent standards and support the development of future service provision.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide strong and effective leadership.
• Delivering safe, efficient and effective patient referral system with assessment and allocation of therapeutic treatments.
• Manage complementary therapists, providing regular supervision and leadership.
• Ensure that the team achieve/maintain essential qualifications and relevant registrations.
• Proactively pursues service development and improvement.
• Create/update relevant complementary therapy SOP in line with Trust policies.
• Provide at least two of the following complementary therapies: aromatherapy, massage therapy or reflexology.
• Work closely with clinical teams to promote and develop integrated complementary therapy within cancer services.
• Keep concise accurate records in line with data protection requirements and HHFT record keeping policies and procedures.
• Initiate and chair peer-supervision meetings.
• Act as a role model demonstrating exceptional high standards of care and providing leadership.
• Ensure safe and efficient management, supply and storage of resources.
• Promote the philosophy of personalising care, co-creating it with people affected by cancer.
• Collate and record quantitative data to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality.
• Collect and collate patient feedback through surveys and feedback forms
• Educate patients on complementary therapy techniques to promote self-management.
• Identify and respond to changes in patients' condition and report to nursing/medical team for review as required.

For full details of the role (including job description and person specification) and to apply, please visit: https://hampshirehospitalscareers.co.uk/our-vacancies#!/job/v7111969

Closing date for applications: 3 June 2025