Senior Health Play Specialist

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in London seeks a Senior Health Play Specialist to join their Play and Youth Team. The role involves providing therapeutic play to children and young people, enhancing their emotional well-being and recovery. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience working in healthcare settings. Join a professional team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients.

Qualifications

• 2 years post-qualifying experience in a healthcare setting with young people.
• Experience supporting junior staff and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead play-based therapeutic interventions for emotional well-being.
• Plan and implement therapeutic play programs for patients.
• Participate in safeguarding children and young people.

Skills

Leadership

Creativity

Emotional Support

Education

Foundation Degree in Health Care Play Specialism

Edexcel Certificate or Diploma as a Hospital Play Specialist

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Qualified and Registered senior Health Play Specialist to join our Play and Youth Team in the department of Child Health.

Are you passionate about making a difference in health care through play?

Do you thrive in a fast paced hospital; setting using creativity to support patients and teams?

Can you lead Play based therapeutic interventions to support patients’ emotional well being reduce anxiety and enhance recovery?

Do you champion the power of play to support babies, children and young people to feel safe, understood and empowered?

This is an exciting and challenging role where you can apply your skills in providing therapeutic play, preparation, distraction therapy and normalised play to Babies, children and young people.

You will need the Health Play Specialist qualification and be a registered Health Play Specialist. You will need to have 2 years post qualifying experience in working with young people (ages 0 – 18 years) in a Health care setting.

You will need an understanding and ability to work with addition and complex needs.

The post holder can demonstrate they have experience of supporting junior staff and/or student and has leadership skills and teamwork techniques.

The post holder must be a registered and Qualified health Play Specialist holding the foundation degree in Health Care Play Specialism or the, Edxcel certificate or diploma as a Hospital Play Specialist.

To manage and be responsible in using theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic play interventions in hospital which encompass the development and emotional needs of BCYP.

To participate in safeguarding children and young people within the Trust to ensure their safety and to adhere to the safeguarding policy.

Attend Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and contribute to treatment and care plans.

To plan and implement individual therapeutic play programmes to include preparation for procedures, distraction therapy and post procedural play.

To empathise with and provide and/or facilitate emotional support to parents, carers during times of stress or crisis, such as at a time of medical diagnosis or bereavement.

To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to patient treatment/care plans.

To provide play-based observations to influence and support the overall assessment of BCYP.

To contribute to the development of protocols, standards guidelines and competencies for the department and devise standards for the Play and Youth service.

To be responsible for mentoring and clinically supervising Play Workers and Health Play Specialist students/Apprenticeships in your team.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jackie Ambrose Job title: Play & Youth team coordinator Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032995958

Contact during Working hours Mon - Friday 8-4

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