Health Play Specialist - Paediatrics

As the hospital play specialist, you will help to provide high quality, holistic play service for all children, young people, and their families within paediatrics enabling them to feel safe and at ease within the hospital environment. Use play as a tool to communicate and build a rapport with children and young people whilst attending as inpatients and outpatients.
The inpatient ward provides 26 beds for children with acute and chronic illness, and injuries, and Children's Outpatients provides a wide range of services such as dressing changes, taking bloods, and giving medications. You will also work closely with colleagues in the children's emergency department.
You will work alongside the MDT in creating a positive environment to ensure each child fulfils their full potential. You will provide interesting and stimulating play for children, young people and their families and highlight the importance of play in assisting an atraumatic experience and aiding distraction to all health professionals. You will use your knowledge of child development; plan, initiate and supervise play and recreational activities for children and young people, appropriate to their age, development, medical condition, and background, in order to meet their social, emotional and developmental play needs., The Health Play Specialist's main concern is the emotional welfare of children and young people. In all the following responsibilities the health play specialist attempts to minimise the effects of hospitalisation, injury or ill health for the child or young person in hospital or in the community.
The Healthcare Play Specialist is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the play needs of the child., We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
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If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
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Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
+ provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
+ nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
+ regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
+ deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
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We pride ourselves in being a great place to work - and invite you to join our BHT family., As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.