Senior Healthcare Play Specialist
confidential Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Nottingham |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
Band 5
Job overview
Nottingham Children »s Hospital has an exciting new opportunity for a band 5 Senior Healthcare Play Specialist.
The post holder will be required to provide a safe, welcoming child friendly environment for the patients and families organising play and leisure activities across the various children’s wards, whilst implementing specialised play and therapeutic intervention as necessary. This role includes management within the role in which you will be expected to provide leadership for junior staff and HPS students.
The post holder will support and deputise for the band 6-play specialist lead.
The post holder will provide line management support to the band 4 play specialist, band 3 trainee and students within the service.
The post holder should be a qualified Hospital Play Specialist (HPS) and registered with HPSET. They may also hold the NNEB or CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing/Childhood Studies or equivalent.
The post holder should have at least 2 years’ experience in post as a Healthcare Play Specialist to move into a senior role.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
To work as a clinical senior play specialist across the various children »s wards, whilst taking on management duties and acting as deputy for play lead when needed.
Working for our organisation
Nottingham Children’s Hospital is recognized nationally and internationally for our standards of care excellence. We produce research that has the potential to change clinical practice around the UK and across the world, and we’re leading the way in a number of new innovations to further improve clinical practice and patient and staff experience.
To further this, we have become the first children’s hospital in the UK and in Europe, to achieve the Pathway to Excellence accreditation.
The accreditation means that Nottingham Children’s Hospital is internationally recognized as an excellent place for nurses to work, with high job satisfaction, professional opportunity and retention, which enables our staff to deliver outstanding patient care.
The programme is recognized globally as enabling nursing excellence, instilling a strong sense of professional pride and offers proven strategies to help ensure that the care that we deliver to our patients is of the highest standards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be required to adhere to the National Association of Health Play Specialists (NAHPS) guidelines for professional practice and keep up to date with the portfolios and yearly registration.
To attend and complete all of the Trust mandatory training.
To provide a welcoming, child friendly atmosphere whilst ensuring a caring attitude towards children and their families.
To act as the child’s advocate ensuring the child’s best interests come first.
To devise, implement and evaluate play intervention plans, tailored to each child’s individual needs and reviews taking into account their cognitive, social and emotional development for invasive and non- invasive procedures.
Be involved in family support, liaising with other professionals, as necessary and to attend Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and case conferences as required.
To understand and implement the use of preparation, distraction, post procedural and passive play and implement this to support the child and family through treatment.
To Work with the child’s family as a whole, respecting their needs and wishes whilst providing the best child centred care.
To maintain effective communication and provide written and verbal reports as required and ensure familiarity with documentation.
Liaise with other professionals within the multi-disciplinary team issues concerning the child’s physical, emotional and social needs.
Be aware of issues regarding confidentiality both on the ward and within the team.
To help maintain a general maintenance of toys and equipment across all departments.
To attend and facilitate ward/play staff meetings.
To take an active role in the training of nursery nursing, nursing, medical and Hospital Play Specialist students and completing their reports.
To be involved in the mentorship and preceptorship of other members of play staff.
To demonstrate and teach members of the multi-disciplinary team (this may include going into the school of nursing) the theories behind our work and the importance of play being used as a tool.
To undertake mandatory training, child protection, moving and handling, fire safety and food handling.
Participate in the provision of on-going education for children and their families about recreation and play activities.
Participate in audits which provide information of the quality and quantity of care provided by Children’s Services.
Assist in monitoring and evaluating the service given to patients and their careers.
Following individual performance management (IPM), liaise with the Hospital Play Specialist Lead in agreeing how identified training and development needs are to be met and completing yearly appraisals.
To take on specific referrals, leading and running play specialist specific clinics.
To act as deputy for the hospital play specialist lead and take on management duties when required and in absence of play manager.
To run training sessions for the play specialist team and to support them with the continued professional development.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HPSET Registered
- Qualified with the foundation degree in play specialism or equivalent
- NNEB Level 3 working with children or similar
Desirable criteria
- Safeguarding training and evidence to support this.
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years minimum working in a hospital setting as a healthcare play specialist
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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