Job summary
- Main area
- Play Specialist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term Maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-6820698-BC-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Playroom 5th Lanesborough St Georges Hospital
- Town
- Tooting London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum including inner london
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Play Specialist Lead
Band 6
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Are you a qualified Senior Hospital Play Specialist with at least five years hospital experience? Do you thrive on variety and have a vision for how Hospital Play Services can be developed? We are looking for an enthusiastic Hospital Play Specialist to lead our team of 6 Hospital Play Specialists and trainee Play Specialists to manage and develop the play service.
You will play an integral part in caring for children and young people in this busy paediatric unit and will further develop play services, supporting children when they visit us and creating a playful, welcoming environment.
You will need to be an articulate and confident person, able to engage easily with children and parents and be able to build good working relationships with a large number of health professionals.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
All applicants will be contacted by email via NHS jobs. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow NHS jobs emails.
Please apply online via the NHS Jobs website.
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Main duties of the job
You will play an integral part in caring for children in this busy paediatric unit and will further develop play services, supporting children when they visit us and creating a playful, welcoming environment.
You will need to be an articulate and confident person, able to engage easily with children and parents and be able to build good working relationships with a large number of health professionals.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Ensure that a high-quality play service is delivered to CYP in hospital
2. Plan, develop, implement and evaluate play programmes. Plan play activities including for CYP undergoing invasive procedures or who have chronic illness or life limiting illnesses.
3. Co-ordinate the work of the play team, providing day to day management and clinical supervision.
4. Provide training in therapeutic play to staff and carers.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Diploma in Specialised Play for Sick Children and Young People/ Edexcel Certificate in Specialised Hospital Play and up to date registration or foundation degree in healthcare play specialism.
- Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development for example: counseling skills certificate, supervisory skills training, Presentation skills, published articles, conference presentations.
Desirable criteria
- Degree in related subject
- Training in guided imagery, adolescent development, teaching
Experience
Essential criteria
- post qualifying and recent experience as a Senior Hospital Play Specialist.
- Management of junior staff, undertaking annual KSF / performance reviews.
- Participation in recruitment and selection procedures.
- Project leadership experience and proven track record of innovative and new ideas for play.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide clinical supervision
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
- Word processing, excel and internet search skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships within inter-professional teams.
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
- Counselling skills
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- christine wood
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795641890
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