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Job Description
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- Deliver safe and effective complementary therapies in line with assessed needs and within your scope of practice.
- Support patients with empathy, dignity, and respect, ensuring informed consent and comfort throughout.
- Maintain high standards of hygiene, documentation, and professional conduct.
- Participate in team handovers, audits, and service development initiatives.
- Contribute to patient education, informal teaching, and peer learning.
- 38 days annual leave each year, pro rata (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Various Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to complementary therapy and counselling.
- Free car parking on site
- Professional annual Registration fees reimbursed
- Pension scheme or NHS Pensions are transferable
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity benefits
- Deliver complementary therapies based on assessed needs.
- Modify treatments within scope of competence and patient condition.
- Maintain hygiene and cleanliness of therapy areas and equipment.
- Document essential oil prescriptions (for qualified aromatherapists).
- Monitor and respond to changes in patient wellbeing during therapy.
- Build trusting relationships with patients and carers.
- Obtain informed consent and maintain patient dignity.
- Provide information to support patient choice and autonomy.
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings to ensure integrated care.
- Adhere to national standards and organisational policies.
- Participate in audits, feedback collection, and service evaluation.
- Contribute to policy development and research initiatives.
- Educate patients and carers on therapeutic interventions.
- Facilitate workshops and informal teaching sessions.
- Engage in peer review and maintain professional development.
- Work closely with clinical staff, wellbeing teams, and volunteers.
- Attend handovers and contribute to holistic care planning.
- Support recruitment and supervision of volunteer therapists.
- Deliver complementary therapies based on assessed needs.
- Modify treatments within scope of competence and patient condition.
- Maintain hygiene and cleanliness of therapy areas and equipment.
- Document essential oil prescriptions (for qualified aromatherapists).
- Monitor and respond to changes in patient wellbeing during therapy.
- Build trusting relationships with patients and carers.
- Obtain informed consent and maintain patient dignity.
- Provide information to support patient choice and autonomy.
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings to ensure integrated care.
- Adhere to national standards and organisational policies.
- Participate in audits, feedback collection, and service evaluation.
- Contribute to policy development and research initiatives.
- Educate patients and carers on therapeutic interventions.
- Facilitate workshops and informal teaching sessions.
- Engage in peer review and maintain professional development.
- Work closely with clinical staff, wellbeing teams, and volunteers.
- Attend handovers and contribute to holistic care planning.
- Support recruitment and supervision of volunteer therapists.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work sensitively with patients with life limiting conditions
- Ability to follow care plans and therapy protocols
- Basic IT and record keeping skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Compassionate empathetic and patient
- Reliable and flexible in approach
- Respectful of diverse backgrounds and beliefs
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage distressing situations
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Basic training or certification in one or more complementary therapies
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the role
- Additional complementary therapy qualifications
- Membership of a professional body
- Experience working in a care home- hospice or healthcare environment
- Experience providing hands-on support to patients or clients
- Familiarity with holistic or person-centred care approaches
- Experience in healthcare or palliative care settings preferred
- Experience working with people with cancer-chronic illness or in end-of-life care
- Understanding of the role of complementary therapies in palliative or supportive care
- Awareness of infection control and health and safety procedures
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Compassionate empathetic and patient
- Reliable and flexible in approach
- Respectful of diverse backgrounds and beliefs
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage distressing situations
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work sensitively with patients with life limiting conditions
- Ability to follow care plans and therapy protocols
- Basic IT and record keeping skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Compassionate empathetic and patient
- Reliable and flexible in approach
- Respectful of diverse backgrounds and beliefs
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage distressing situations
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Basic training or certification in one or more complementary therapies
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the role
- Additional complementary therapy qualifications
- Membership of a professional body
- Experience working in a care home- hospice or healthcare environment
- Experience providing hands-on support to patients or clients
- Familiarity with holistic or person-centred care approaches
- Experience in healthcare or palliative care settings preferred
- Experience working with people with cancer-chronic illness or in end-of-life care
- Understanding of the role of complementary therapies in palliative or supportive care
- Awareness of infection control and health and safety procedures
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Compassionate empathetic and patient
- Reliable and flexible in approach
- Respectful of diverse backgrounds and beliefs
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage distressing situations
Job summary
We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Complementary Therapy Assistant to join our Living Well Services team. This is a rewarding opportunity to support patients, carers, and families by delivering a range of complementary therapies that enhance comfort, wellbeing, and symptom relief.
You will work closely with clinical and wellbeing teams to provide therapies such as massage, aromatherapy, reflexology, and reiki, tailored to individual needs in hospice, community, or outpatient settings.
The role will be working 18 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
About us
Youll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team committed to holistic, person-centred care. We offer opportunities for professional development, reflective practice, and the chance to make a real difference in peoples lives.
Our Staff Benefits:
Details
Date posted
24 June 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£34,817 a year Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
B0270-25-0005
Job locations
Low Moor Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY2 0BG
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To provide approved complementary therapies to patients, carers, and families, enhancing comfort, wellbeing, and symptom relief. Therapies may include aromatherapy, massage, reflexology, reiki, and other holistic practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Therapeutic Practice:
Patient Care & Communication:
Clinical Governance:
Education & Development:
Team Collaboration:
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To provide approved complementary therapies to patients, carers, and families, enhancing comfort, wellbeing, and symptom relief. Therapies may include aromatherapy, massage, reflexology, reiki, and other holistic practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Therapeutic Practice:
Patient Care & Communication:
Clinical Governance:
Education & Development:
Team Collaboration:
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Knowledge and Understanding
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Personal Attributes
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Skills and Abilities
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Personal Attributes
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Qualifications
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Experience
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Knowledge and Understanding
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Trinity Hospice
Address
Low Moor Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY2 0BG
Employer's website
https://www.trinityhospice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Trinity Hospice
Address
Low Moor Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY2 0BG
Employer's website
https://www.trinityhospice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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