Hospital Play Assistant

 

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A rare opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, professional and supportive Play Team at Colchester General Hospital as a Hospital Play Assistant.

The post within the Children's Service offers the opportunity for a qualified & registered play specialist to develop their skills within a supportive environment, however, applicants who do not possess this qualification will be considered.

Full-time and part-time hours will be considered

This is a part-time position, working a combination of day time and evening shifts, providing play and recreational activity for individual children/groups of children of any age in the Hospital setting, helping to maintain a safe and child-focussed environment where play occurs naturally.

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY MAY CLOSE EARLY IF A HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

• To meet and greet child/ family attending hospital department, maintaining good communications with

children, families and other visitors to the hospital

• To organize, supervise and maintain play activities for individual / groups of children and young people in

hospital, according to their individual needs and as part of the overall care plan.

• To plan a programme of daily play activities for the playroom / department in conjunction with Play Specialists
• To use knowledge of child development when selecting play activities, promoting the normal development

of children by using play as development aid

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see attached job description & person specification.

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