To provide psychological and physical support in the form of play and distraction to children and their families when attending clinical environments. This involves caring for children and their families with all types of medical conditions requiring hospital visits. The post holder will develop skills, through guidance, to enable them to be sensitive to the emotional needs of children and their families when visiting hospital. Overall responsibility for promoting play within the hospital setting.
To support this role the post holder will require an awareness of children's health needs and develop skills to aid trained staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, within the children's health setting.
Main duties of the job
* To provide age appropriate play, distraction and reassurance to children during clinical assessments and procedures.
* Support the delivery of high quality care in line with EYFS, child development principles and Trust policies.
* Assist with patient flow, appointment preparation, and maintaining safe, engaging play spaces.
* We support the "Making Every Contact Count" approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.
You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
* Your Leadership Impact
* Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house courses and bite‑size programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
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