Hospital Play Specialist Cyp Cancer Service

3 weeks ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

NHS AfC: Band 4

**Main area**
- Children's and Young Persons' Cancer Service

**Grade**
- NHS AfC: Band 4

**Contract**
- Permanent

**Hours**
- Part time - 21.5 hours per week

**Job ref**
- 164-5549498

**Site**
- Nottingham Children's Hospital, Queens Medical Centre Campus NUH

**Town**
- Nottingham

**Salary**
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- Today at 23:59

Job overview

Are you a Hospital Play Specialist seeking a new challenge? There is an exciting opportunity to join our team and support children and their families cared for by the East Midlands Children’s and Young Persons Cancer Service. This post will see you working with children and families, with a diagnosis of cancer or leukaemia, in the Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire area of the region.

You must be a qualified Hospital Play Specialist (HPS) and may hold the NNEB or CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing/Childhood Studies or equivalent.

You will have the opportunity to work both independently and alongside a large multi - disciplinary team to develop your skills set in this specialist area and continue your professional development.

You will be based at Queens Medical Centre and you will work with the children and their families in their homes. You will need to be able to adapt to different environments and have a flexible schedule whilst booking in visits.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

Working unsupervised but under the direction of a registered nurse, the post holder will be required to provide a high standard of specialised play and support to children and young people, under the care of the East Midlands Children’s and Young Persons’ integrated Cancer Service (CYPICS), in their own homes and other community settings as required.

The post holder will be required to work as a member of CYPICS outreach team working closely with the Paediatric Oncology Outreach Nurse Specialist (POONS) team caring for families in Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire.

You will be based in the CYPICS team and will work in the community alongside other team members. We will expect you to work closely with the Children’s Hospital play team, the play lead and multi
- disciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

In partnership with Leicester Royal Infirmary we are a multidisciplinary team who form the Principal Treatment Centre for the East Midlands Children and Young Person's Integrated Cancer Service (CYPICS). Working with other hospitals in the region we provide hub and spoke care for children and young people with cancer, from birth to 18 years.

The East Midlands Children’s and Young Persons’ Integrated Cancer service takes children and young people from 0 - 18 years with a diagnosis of cancer and leukaemia from across the region. Nottingham also hosts the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre.

Nottingham Children’s Hospital is set within the vibrant city of Nottingham known for its many historical sites. The Children’s Hospital is housed within the Queen’s Medical Centre campus and has 116 inpatient beds across 8 inpatient wards covering all specialities. This is a really exciting time to join Nottingham Childrens Hospital as we became the first Children’s Hospital in Europe to achieve pathway to excellence accreditation in 2020. This makes Nottingham Childrens Hospital a really special place to work. Not only does this show that we provide excellent care to patients and family’s it is also recognition that we have fantastic teams, leadership at all levels and a huge array of development opportunities. Our staff are proud to work at Nottingham Childrens Hospital and all embrace the TEAM NUH ethos which we would love you to be part of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working unsupervised but under the direction of a registered nurse, the post holder will be required to provide a high standard of specialised play and support to children and young people, under the care of the East Midlands Children’s and Young Persons’ integrated Cancer Service, in their own homes and other community settings as required.

The post holder will be required to work as a member of CYPICS outreach team working closely with the Paediatric Oncology Outreach Nurse Specialist (POONS) team caring for families in Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire

The post holder should be a qualified Hospital Play Specialist (HPS) and may hold the NNEB or CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing/Childhood Studies

The post holder will be required to work unsupervised but seek appropriate help and guidance as required.

To build up relationships with patients and families to support the child and family through treatment

To act as the child’s advocate ensuring the child’s best interests come first.

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