Play Specialist

1 week ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

**Job overview**:
A full play specialist post has become available on the Pediatric Critical Care Unit, this is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic trained healthcare play specialist professional to learn and gain a deeper understanding to the role within a specialist, whilst also working along the rest of the play team for clinical support and to further your development and skill sets.

**Main duties of the job**:
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Summary

To act as an advocate for patients and their families

To provide therapeutic intervention where necessary including preparation, distraction and post procedural play

to devise and implement play progammes to help aid recovery

**Working for our organisation**:
Nottingham Children’s Hospital is recognized nationally and internationally for our standards of care excellence. We produce research that has the potential to change clinical practice around the UK and across the world, and we’re leading the way in a number of new innovations to further improve clinical practice and patient and staff experience.

To further this, we have become the first children’s hospital in the UK and in Europe, to achieve the Pathway to Excellence accreditation.

The accreditation means that Nottingham Children’s Hospital is internationally recognized as an excellent place for nurses to work, with high job satisfaction, professional opportunity and retention, which enables our staff to deliver outstanding patient care.

The programme is recognized globally as enabling nursing excellence, instilling a strong sense of professional pride and offers proven strategies to help ensure that the care that we deliver to our patients is of the highest standards

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**KEY JOB RSPONSIBILITIES**:**
- The post holder will be required to work some of the shift unsupervised.
- To provide a welcoming, child friendly atmosphere with a caring, attitude towards children and their families.
- To act as the child’s advocate ensuring the child’s best interests come first.
- Devise and implement play preparation tailored to each child’s individual needs and review regularly e.g play preparation to support the child undergoing radiotherapy treatment when required.
- Be involved in family support, liaising with other professionals, as necessary and to attend Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and case conferences as required.
- Understand the need and the use of preparation, distraction, post procedural and passive play and implement this to support the child and family through treatment.
- To understand the need for and initiate the use of specialised therapeutic play
- To initiate and participate in preparation and distraction for invasive/painful procedures.
- Work with the child’s family as a whole, respecting their needs and wishes whilst providing the best care for the child.
- To provide written and verbal reports as required and ensure familiarity with documentation.
- Liaise with other professionals within the multi-disciplinary team issues concerning the child’s physical, emotional and social needs.
- Be aware of issues regarding confidentiality both on the ward and within the team.
- Be responsible for the general maintenance of toys and equipment as required.
- To teach parents as requested in the occupation of their child.
- To be responsible to the child and their family to ensure that correct preparation for procedures is given.
- Attend ward/play staff meetings.
- Liaise with Play Co-ordinator concerning professional development needs.
- To take an active role in the training of nursery nursing, nursing, medical and Hospital Play Specialist students and completing their reports.
- To be involved in the mentorship and preceptorship of other members of play staff.
- To demonstrate and teach members of the multi-disciplinary team (this may include going into the school of nursing) the theories and usage of play preparation within the department.
- To undertake mandatory training cardio-pulmonary, child protection, moving and handling, fire safety and food handling.
- Participate in the provision of on-going education for children and their families about recreation and play activities.
- Participate in audits which provide information of the quality and quantity of care provided by Children’s Services.
- Assist in monitoring and evaluating the service given to patients and their carers.
- Following individual performance management (IPM), liaise with the Hospital Play Specialist Lead in agreeing how identified training and development needs are to be met.

**Person specification**:
**Application form**:
**Essential criteria**:

- HPS Foundation Degree qualification

**Appliucation and interview**:
**Essential criteria**:

- HPSET Registered
- 2 years working within a professional childcare set

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