Complementary Therapist

Complementary Therapist Job Summary

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. At the Henderson Suite we provide chemotherapy. One of the benefits we are able to provide our patients with is access to complementary therapies – funded by Newcastle Hospitals Charity, currently with funding for 3 years.

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• 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.

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

They will manage their own caseload with support from the wider team, and be able to work without supervision. They will liaise with the nursing/medical teams to establish which patients are appropriate for input of complementary therapies. They will be required to access and input into NHS Patient systems to ensure continuity of care is provided and that comprehensive patient treatment records are kept.

Future growth of the service may require the candidate to take on the role of team lead. The role can be physically demanding requiring standing, sitting and walking with a trolley containing therapy items, and potential moving and handling of patients as part of their therapy treatment.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that 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 be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which 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 what 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.

• Date posted: 06 January 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 3 years
• Working pattern: Part‑time
• Reference number: 317‑2025‑48‑001
• Job locations: Northern Centre for Cancer Care – North Cumbria, 317 Cumberland Infirmary, CA2 7HY
• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Part‑time
• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industries: Mental Health Care

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

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

There is a requirement that 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. Work closely with the nursing and medical teams to identify patients who would benefit from the services provided. Maintain calm, caring and…