Senior Healthcare Play Specialist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Description
Band 5


Main area

  • Senior Healthcare Play Specialist
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Grade

  • Band 5
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time hours per week
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Job ref
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Site

  • Queens Medical Centre
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £27,055 - £32,934 Per annum
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 22/01/2023 23:59Job overview
Nottingham Children's Hospital has an exciting new opportunity for a band 5 Senior Healthcare Play Specialist.


The post holder will be required to provide a safe, welcoming child friendly environment for the patients and families organising play and leisure activities across the various children's wards, whilst implementing specialised play and therapeutic intervention as necessary.

This role includes management within the role in which you will be expected to provide leadership for junior staff and HPS students.

The post holder will support and deputise for the band 6-play specialist lead.


The post holder will provide line management support to the band 4 play specialist, band 3 trainee and students within the service.

The post holder should be a qualified Hospital Play Specialist (HPS) and registered with HPSET.

They may also hold the NNEB or CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing/Childhood Studies or equivalent.


The post holder should have at least 2 years' experience in post as a Healthcare Play Specialist to move into a senior role.

Main duties of the job


In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.


To work as a clinical senior play specialist across the various children's wards, whilst taking on management duties and acting as deputy for play lead when needed.

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


The post holder will be required to adhere to the National Association of Health Play Specialists (NAHPS) guidelines for professional practice and keep up to date with the portfolios and yearly registration.

To attend and complete all of the Trust mandatory training.

To provide a welcoming, child friendly atmosphere whilst ensuring a caring attitude towards children and their families.

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

To devise, implement and evaluate play intervention plans, tailored to each child's individual needs and reviews taking into account their cognitive, social and emotional development for invasive and non
- invasive procedures.


Be involved in family support, liaising with other professionals, as necessary and to attend Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and case conferences as required.


To understand and implement the use of preparation, distraction, post procedural and passive play and implement this to support the child and family through treatment.


To Work with the child's family as a whole, respecting their needs and wishes whilst providing the best child centred care.

To maintain effective communication and 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.

To help maintain a general maintenance of toys and equipment across all departments.

To attend and facilitate ward/play staff meetings.


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 behind our work and the importance of play being used as a tool.

To undertake mandatory training, ch
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