Hospital Play Specialist
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Hospital Play Specialist
£29114
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Kendal, Cumbria
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
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Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 47da191ea76f4ae9a9876f5d268c48e7
Full Job Description
- Promote the emotional well being of children and young people in hospital, working across all areas of the Children's Unit.
- Organise distraction, therapeutic and creative play activities to ease the adjustment from home to hospitaland ensure continued stimulation throughout each child's stay or visit.
- Receive daily verbal reports on child's medical condition. Adapt play to the individual needs of each child according to age, understanding and condition.
- Assist with preparing children and young people for procedures/surgery, using therapeutic role play to familiarise children with strange apparatus and techniques.
- Develop specific play programmes for long stay children and young people.
- Provide specific support to individual children as identified by Consultant Paediatrician.
- Develop supportive relationships with parents enabling them to understand the value of play within the hospital environment and encourage them to identify opportunities for parent and child to play together.
- Communicate with the multidisciplinary teams especially nursing and education staff, reporting any concerns about a child to the appropriate personnel. Use play based observations to contribute to clinical discussions.
- Support children attending as a day case/out patient/ward attender.
- Have a knowledge of basic child protection issues and understand the procedures to follow when there is cause for concern.
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.