Job overview
You will support service delivery, staffing rotas, health roster and managing the referral service.
You will have a key role in service development and leading on practice development and improvement projects for BCYP and wider team.
This Senior role will be part of the UCLH Therapeutic play and youth services leadership team. Experience in leadership and supporting staff is key, but if this is your first leadership role you will be fully supported to gain new skills and learn within our kind and nurturing team.
Supporting team members through leadership 121s,will be able to continue to expand and develop the service to grow and improve.
You will have extensive proven experience of working with children and young people in a healthcare setting and be able to deal sensitively with families and colleagues in a fast-paced 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.
The post holder will need to be able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service.
The Play and Youth Services Team are a large multi skilled workforce consisting of Registered Health Play Specialists, Youth Support Co-ordinators, Youth workers and young adult support coordinators working trust-wide with 0–25-year-olds.
Main duties of the job
As a deputy play and youth services manager you will co- lead a sub team of the larger team, leading on staffing, rotas and service delivery. Staff support including direct line management for a group of staff including 121s, recruitment, health roster and leadership responsibly.
Providing day-to-day support to team members in clinical areas
organising service delivery cover and planning
will be able to continue to expand and develop the play and youth service to grow and improve.
You will have extensive proven experience of working with children and young people in a healthcare setting and be able to deal sensitively with families and colleagues in a fast-paced 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.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
·University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.