Senior Activity Coordinator

Senior Activity Coordinator

Bupa UK – Tenterden House Care Home, Lye Lane, St Albans, AL2 3TN

Salary: £13.00 per hour

Contract: Permanent, 30 hours per week with alternate weekends

We make health happen. Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person‑centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

• Running a morning and afternoon activity session. Activities are tailored to our residents but can include musical acts, days out, exercise classes, visitors from the community, arts and crafts, the possibilities are endless!
• Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working within a set activities budget.
• Supporting our residents and encouraging them to partake in activities.
• Organising birthday surprises for our residents.
• Ensuring everything is organised for planned activities, events, performers and coordinating days out.
• Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home.
• Assisting with breakfast, lunch and dinner duties (when necessary).
• Organising one‑to‑ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat.
• Updating paperwork, care plans, activity notes and managing emails.
• Supporting the home with their social media channels as required.

You’re a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you’re interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people’s lives better. Whether it’s motivating colleagues to support each activity or event, making links in the local area or even getting friends and family involved, you’ll pack a lot of community spirit into everything you do.

• My Healthcare – Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health‑related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance to redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, approximately £350.
• Sick pay scheme in addition to statutory sick pay.
• Free meal on every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long service rewards.
• Interest‑free annual travel loan.
• Wagestream – early access to up to 40% of your earned wages.
• Range of Bupa pension plans.
• Parental leave schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co‑parents.
• Menopause Plan – Designed to empower women to seek advice and treatment.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, champion diversity, and aim to represent the communities and customers we serve. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, offering interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria and providing reasonable adjustments when needed.