Play Specialist

Job summary

Play Specialist- Band 4 37.5 hours - Permanent *Please note that a Play Specialist degree is essential for this role*

To provide a high quality and wide range of normal and therapeutic play activities to all children and young people based in the Paediatric Emergency Department and a variety of settings within the hospital environment.

To provide emotional support to children and their families, and to raise the general awareness and appreciation of the importance of play to a child's development and recovery.

To use theoretical knowledge and evidence based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic play interventions, including distraction, preparation techniques and post procedural play.

Please note there will be an expectation to potentially work unsocial hours ( evenings & weekends)

Main duties of the job

To create a child focused environment where age and developmentally appropriate play can occur.

• To be a safe and effective practitioner able to provide high quality care to patients and support to relatives.
• To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide continuing care to a group of patients from admission to discharge in the department.
• To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and student learners as required. To maintain own personal development with support.
• To take a lead role in working with the MDT and Trust charity leads to organise social events and visits for children including parties and user engagement events

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Paediatric Emergency Department, Tameside Hospital

Fountain Street

Ashton-Under-Lyne

OL6 9RW

Employer's website

https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Paediatric Emergency Department, Tameside Hospital

Fountain Street

Ashton-Under-Lyne

OL6 9RW

Employer's website

https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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