Play Assistant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health Play Specialist to join the Children’s Hospital inpatient ward team. You will work alongside experienced colleagues to provide normalised play and support with the hospital stay, ensuring compassionate care for children and young people.

Join a dedicated Play Team where you can learn new skills, engage effectively with patients and families, and contribute to improving patient experience through play and development

Qualifications

• Child care qualification equivalent to the NVQ Level 3.
• Minimum 1 year post Level 3 experience of working with children.
• Experience and evidence of further development.
• Evidence of working within a MDT team.

Responsibilities

• Work on an inpatient ward with the Play Team to deliver normalised play for hospitalised children.
• Support learning and development of new skills with the Play Team and engage effectively with children and young people.

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Child Care

Job description

This posts is based in the Children's Hospital. You will work alongside experienced Health Play Specialists offering normalised play for the Hospitalised child. This opportunity will be based on an inpatient ward., The Play Team and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust recognises the importance of play and the impact it can have on a patient's experience, so we are looking for someone who is committed to meeting the needs and engaging effectively with children and young people showing care and compassion in their work. The successful applicant can learn and develop new skills with the support of the play team and help to promote the play services .

• A Child care qualification equivalent to the NVQ Level 3
• minimum 1 year post Level 3 qualification experience of working with children
• or
• Undertaking the Foundation degree in Hospital Play specialism., Experience and evidence of further development
• Evidence of working within a MDT team

Desirable criteria

• Experience with adolescents and children with challenging behaviour

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

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