Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team of Health Play Specialists and Play Workers at The Royal London Children’s Hospital. We work across both in- and out-patients departments and provide support to children and young people accessing our services.
Responsibilities
* Maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.
* Provide play for normalisation for children attending hospital as in- or out-patients.
* Use knowledge of child development to plan and implement developmental play programmes for patients.
* Identify children who need extra support and hand this over to a Play Specialist.
* Work with the Play Department and wider multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families throughout their time in hospital.
Qualifications
* Essential qualifications: 5 GCSEs Grade C and above (to include Maths & English) and NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent.
About Us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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