Are you looking for your next career move and an opportunity to take up a new challenge? Would you like to join University Hospitals Dorset where you will work with a range of health care professionals in a paediatric high dependency care environment? Are you someone who thrives on making a difference to a child and young person's hospital experience and wants to develop your career within a hospital play team? If yes, then come and join us!

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled registered health play specialist, or equivalent training, to work with children, and young people, within our Children's High Dependency Unit, with deputy lead responsibilities for health play service delivery.

The post is part-time (22.5 hours), with weekday cover and occasional weekend/ bank holiday shifts.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

This deputy lead role will be part of the UHD health play services team

Main duties include supporting patients receiving high dependency care. You will be vital in reducing the anxiety surrounding hospital treatment and procedures. You will be proactive in creating and maintaining an age-appropriate environment within the unit and facilitate therapeutic interventions to a case load of patients with complex medical health needs.

You will have extensive proven experience of working with children and young people in a healthcare, or related, setting and be able to deal sensitively with families and colleagues in a challenging environment. You will be able to effectively prioritise patients and your workload autonomously. You will work as part of a supportive team where play and recreation are valued and respected as an integrated part of children /young people's treatment and your contribution to the patient's pathway will be highly valued.

Experience in leadership and supporting staff is an advantage, but if this is your first leadership role you will be fully supported to gain new skills and learn within our supportive team.

You will have support and encouragement to continue to develop and learn within the team including access to ongoing learning, development and training opportunities. The FdA in Healthcare Play Specialism qualification is required for this post, or a commitment to undertake this training

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer job description and personal specification.

To work as deputy to Play Specialist team lead. Play/recreational support for high dependency care patients aged 0-16 years of age.

Person Specification

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Essential

• oRegistered & qualified Health Play Specialist holding the Foundation Degree in Health Care Play Specialism or previous HPSC/HPSEB, Edexcel PDC/HND in Hospital Play Specialism or *equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• oExtensive post qualifying, comprehensive experience of working with children and/or young people in a health care setting, in a variety of clinical areas and/or extensive experience in specialised field, including individual and group work.

Desirable

• oManagement of junior staff, undertaking annual appraisals and PDP.

Skills

Essential

• Advanced theoretical understanding of and ability to manage & apply therapeutic play interventions for children and young people experiencing difficulties during hospitalisation in specialised areas including preparation, distraction therapy and post procedural play.
• Ability to build effective working relationships within multiple professional teams and across hospital locations.

Desirable

• oTraining and presentation skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• oAdvanced knowledge and application of therapeutic assessments and interventions relevant to patient group and treatment plan.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB

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