Health Play Assistant

Job summary

Department:

Play Team

Division:

Family and Clinical Support Services Division

Salary Band:

Band 3

Accountable To:

Clinical Matron

Responsible to:

Lead Health Play Specialist

JOB SUMMARY

To assist the Health Play Specialist team in meeting the healthcare needs of children and their families through the provision of appropriate play and recreational activities.

The post holder will assist the professionals in delivering care to children and young people in a variety of settings including acute in-patient areas, clinics, community, homes and schools.

To provide play for normalisation of children attending hospital.

Main duties of the job

To organise and supervise age appropriate play / recreational activities for individual and groups of children and young people in hospital, according to their individual needs and as part of the overall plan.

To plan a programme of daily play activities for the playroom, ensuring supervision and safety at all times.

To provide play based observations to support the overall assessment of the child.

To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of children and young people and their families, and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

To use knowledge of child development when selecting play activities

To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of children and young people and their families and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

Ability to work as a lone Play Team worker following instruction and supervision by a member of senior therapy staff.

To support and promote the rights of the child in terms of privacy and dignity.

To ensure play equipment is clean and safe to use at all times, reporting and removing

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.