Complementary Therapist

Complementary Therapist

The closing date is 19 January 2026

This is an exciting and challenging role to be based at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care - North Cumbria (NCCC-NC) and at the Henderson Suite within Whitehaven Hospital. The Centre in Carlisle is purpose built for the provision of cancer treatment, including Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy, and at the Henderson Suite we provide Chemotherapy. One of the benefits we are able to provide our patients is access to complementary therapies – funded by Newcastle Hospitals Charity, with funding for 3 years.

We are looking for an experienced therapist with established skills to lead the service in Cumbria. The right person will be able to provide high‑quality, evidence‑based complementary therapies for patients who visit the Centre and would benefit from the treatments you can offer.

• Interview date:
  Wednesday 28 January 2026
• 16 hours / week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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The right candidate will be sensitive and caring with good listening and communication skills, and will be able to use their assessment skills and techniques to provide complementary therapy intervention appropriate to the patient’s condition, cancer and its treatment. You will need to be able to provide and receive complex and sensitive patient information to and from the wider multidisciplinary team.

You will manage your own caseload with support from the wider team, and will be able to work without supervision. You will need to liaise with nursing and medical teams to establish which patients are suitable for complementary therapies.

You will be required to access and input into NHS patient systems to ensure continuity of care and to keep comprehensive patient treatment records.

It is possible that future growth of the service will require you to take on the role of team lead.

This role can be physically demanding, requiring you to stand, sit and walk with a trolley containing therapy items, and potentially move and handle patients as part of their therapy treatment.

If you have the required skills and feel you are the right person for the role, please come and join us in providing the very best care for our patients.

As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want to ensure you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include flagship services that deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on the staff benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, please visit:
Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The role will require you to work independently to provide a full complementary therapy service for the patients in NCCC‑NC, which may include the following therapies:

• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology
• Massage (including light touch massage)
• Acupuncture

Therapies are provided at NCCC‑NC and at the Henderson Suite in Whitehaven, so the ability to travel to both sites is required.

Deliver complementary therapies in accordance with NHS policies, infection control standards, and patient safety guidelines.

You will need to work closely with nursing and medical teams to identify patients who would benefit from the services provided.

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