• Job Description

  Req#: C9205-24-0907?language=en&page=30&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke for a Play Assistant.Please see attached Job Description or call Emma Biddulph, Play Specialist Co-coordinator on 01782 675148.

  Main duties of the job

  The role of the Play Assistant for Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke is to provide and plan daily play activities for both the play room and for individual children, according to individual needs. To work directly with the Play Services Co-ordinator or Deputy and provide play resources to reflect the needs of the patient group. The Play Assistant will maintain effecting communication with parents, siblings, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary teams to ensure that appropriate information is shared and patients needs are met.

  About us

  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

  We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

  Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us.We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours.We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application.

  Date posted

  28 May 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 a year Pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  205-6285886

  Job locations

  Staffordshire Children's Hospital

  Hilton Road

  Stoke On Trent

  ST4 6QG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Play Specialist Co-ordinator on 01782 675148

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Play Specialist Co-ordinator on 01782 675148

  Person Specification

  Essential Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE Maths and English
  • Health and Social Care Certificate

  Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children in a Hospital setting
  • Good IT Skills
  • Good communication skills

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to use own initiative

  Person Specification

  Essential Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE Maths and English
  • Health and Social Care Certificate

  Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children in a Hospital setting
  • Good IT Skills
  • Good communication skills

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to use own initiative

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

  Address

  Staffordshire Children's Hospital

  Hilton Road

  Stoke On Trent

  ST4 6QG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

  Address

  Staffordshire Children's Hospital

  Hilton Road

  Stoke On Trent

  ST4 6QG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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