Play Leader - Wishaw, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Wishaw, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role
We are looking to recruit a Play Leader to join the Children's Services Team at University Hospital Wishaw

The Play Leader will provide basic play for children and young people attending the hospital, either in an ambulatory environment or as an inpatient.

The Play Leader must ensure Children's rights are protected and promoted at all times.

A safe and welcoming child focussed environment for children and young people, engaged in play activities.
A sustainable level of safe and age appropriate play materials / equipment.

The Play Leader will work within the Multidisciplinary Team and raise any concerns to a senior member of the team.

Contract type
Band 4 / Permanent / Full Time / 37 Hours per week

NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Why join NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Worklife Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

What we'll need you to bring

Certificate in hospital play specialism
Working towards HNC Childhood Practice or SVQ3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development
Evidence of the ability to deliver play and activities
Ability to follow toy manufacturers operating instructions
Ability to work as a cooperative team member
Exceptional communication skills
Ability to follow policy instruction
Ability to work within challenging environments and to handle stressful situations well.
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Teams
Evidence of maintaining own professional development and CPD

It would be great if you also have:

Experience in hospital setting
Knowledge around current issues in hospital play
Ability to work using own initiative
Excellent time management skills
Car Driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

Looking to find out more?
If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description.

If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society.

A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro r