Play Specialist

Job overview

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.   The person specification detailed below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.