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The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
"Compassionate Care, Safety and Quality at the heart of everything we do"
We provide acute and specialist services from Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. Our services include; accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Our modern treatment centre at Mount Vernon offers routine inpatient services, diagnostics and outpatient clinics.
Our vision is: To put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that this can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements which we will deliver through living our core values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety - CARES. More information about our vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found at https://www.thh.nhs.uk/about/values.php
We aim to continually improve our facilities and services and some recent improvements include: a new acute medical unit and endoscopy suite, a new specialist neuro-rehab unit, a refurbishment of our maternity unit, a new Macmillan cancer information centre as well as an award winning dementia-friendly ward for elderly people with complex health conditions.
Working with us
Our team at Hillingdon is made up of over 3000 dedicated and passionate staff who work together to deliver high levels of patient care. Our team includes medical staff, other health professionals, clinical support, corporate staff, facilities staff and volunteers to name but a few.
We value our staff and wherever possible offer flexible hours and a full range of benefits including on-site nursery facilities, child care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme, on-site restaurant with 20% discount for staff, health, fitness and shopping discounts as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our CQC inspection reflected the values of our caring staff and our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is very proud of its diverse workforce: our differences is what makes our Trust unique. We are an employer of equal opportunities.
As part of our values, we are committed to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. We actively celebrate colleagues’ different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Therefore, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, so as to build an organisation that represents a variety of cultures, skills and traits ’
Hospital Play Specialist
Accepting applications until: 12-Nov-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Nov-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- The Hillingdon Hospital
- Address
- Pield Heath Road
- Town
- Uxbridge Middlesex
- Postcode
- UB8 3NN
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08.30 -16.30)
Salary
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 per annum/incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Paediatrics
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
Band 3 / 4 Hospital Play Specialist (Depending on Qualification)
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bumblebee Ward
37.5 Hours per week
(set shift pattern, with a need for flexibility)
Monday - Friday 08.30 – 16.30
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a new play specialist to our team.
The successful applicant will need to be motivated, calm under pressure, have good organisational skills and have a passion for entertaining and supporting children and young people with a variety of medical, surgical and complex needs, including mental health.
The role of the hospital play specialist is essential to supporting and helping children understand their health care experience. Through the development of strong relationships with the children and young people attending our service the successful applicant would be responsible for using play as a therapeutic tool to help children understand their illness and treatment.
Previous experience in a similar role and an ability to adapt to a changing environment are essential.
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You will lead on play activities with children and young people who are in hospital and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the child’s hospital stay is a positive experience. The role also includes providing distraction therapy and play preparation when children are undergoing procedures and investigations as well as supervising and liaising with visitors to the ward. It will be the responsibility of the post holder to ensure the environment is child friendly and safe.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Organise daily play services / activities for children of all ages with a variety of health needs either at the bedside or in the playroom.
Use theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic play interventions in hospital, including distraction and preparation techniques.
Provide play activities to achieve developmental goals or therapeutic targets.
Work alongside the multidisciplinary team contributing to clinical judgements through documentation and observation.
Provide support to families and siblings either resident with their child or visiting the children’s wards.
Support children and young people admitted with mental health crisis.
Ensure play therapy is available across all of the children’s areas within the Trust, cross covering for colleagues during period of absence.
Liaise with parents and schools as necessary to ensure the educational needs of hospitalised children are met.
Create a child focussed environment where play is encouraged.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children
- Level 3 Qualification in Childcare and development
- Foundation Level English and Maths qualification
Desirable criteria
- Hospital Play Specialist Course
- Experience of working with children in a hospital setting.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Mann
- Job title
- Paediatric Nursing Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 279507
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