Play Specialist
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Job summary
We are looking for a Play specialist in a Paediatric Ward setting and designated paediatric ED to work as part of a team of Hospital Play specialists to provide high quality, holistic play service for children and their families. To ensure all children have appropriate access to play whilst in hospital, plan play programmes enabling children and young people to understand, accept and co-ordinate with treatment.
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Unit comprises of 24 beds and 2 high dependency beds, an expanding ambulatory care, a new physical assessment unit, a designated children's outpatients and a paediatric outreach nursing team.
There is a dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department, which works closely with the inpatient ward.
Both Areas are busy, friendly units that provide high quality care for children with a wide range of medical, surgical and complex conditions.You will be supported in your role through a comprehensive induction.
About us
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred and which puts safety first and where all staff members take responsibility, are valued and value each other.
To support this, our five values are that we are all:
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants.
Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first).
Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Inspiring - we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these byLiving Our Values Every day.
Details
Date posted
06 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£31,081 to £33,665 a year pa incl. HCAS (Outer)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
396-NN-6524010-AHP-Y
Job locations
Kingston Hospital
Galsworthy Road
Kingston
KT2 7QB
Employer details
Employer name
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kingston Hospital
Galsworthy Road
Kingston
KT2 7QB
Employer's website
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