Health Play Services Team Leader

at  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Hospital Play Team service and take on the Lead role here at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Are you are child-friendly, enthusiastic and registered Healthcare Play Specialist with experience of working with Children in a Healthcare setting? Do you have an interest in taking on a Leadership role, with a desire to make a difference to a child’s hospital journey? If so then this is the role for you.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Play is integral to the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families. The Play team at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust recognise the importance of play within our patients and family’s journey’s when they come into the hospital setting. This post will see the successful candidate use their knowledge of play and child development to ensure high quality, holistic play opportunities are provided for all children and their families across the trust, enabling them to feel safe and at ease within the hospital setting, ultimately promoting positive patient experiences.
The Health Play Services Team Leader role for the Babies, Children and Young people at UHCW NHS Trust, is a position for someone with expert knowledge and experience of play and distraction with the well child and the sick child/young person. The post holder will be a fully integrated member of the Health Professionals Team. The Health Play Services Team Leader will manage the play specialist team, be responsible for the attendance management, appraisal, and service development. The Health Play Services Lead will also be responsible for offering advice and support regarding play and distraction across the wider Trust, ensuring equitable play provision for Babies, Children and Young People across the Paediatric Unit ensuring cover is provided during sickness, annual leave and absence.
Please be advised that interviews are proposed for week commencing 26th August.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence ® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation’s core values.

EDUCATION:

Provide training and education for learners and other relevant staff.
Provides a structured education /training package for play and students.
Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.
Provide education and training to babies, children, young people and their families or carers.
Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty.
Promote the importance of play to all professionals including students and new staff members.
To develop and lead teaching programmes for other play staff and other multi-disciplinary team members providing teaching packages, lesson plans and learning outcomes.
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