Main area 317 Ward 11 Paediatric Burns/Plastics - RVI Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent: contracted to work weekends
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (working over the weekend)
Job ref: 317-2025-06-08-DR-A
Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town: 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 02/04/2025
Nursery Nurse/ Health Play Specialist
Band 4
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Hospital Play Specialist/Nursery Nurse to join ward 11 Burns, Plastic and ENT within the Great North Children’s Hospital.
Ward 11 is a 15 bedded inpatient unit which consists of the North East Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, the Regional Cleft Lip and Palate unit and Ear Nose and Throat Unit.
The ward also supports an Outpatient Nurse Led Dressing Clinic and a Plastic Trauma and Burns Assessment Clinic.
We are seeking a motivated individual who would enjoy working in a fast paced environment.
The successful candidate will be expected to be an effective member of the multidisciplinary team, assisting the nursing staff with distraction during procedures.
Main duties of the job
* Provide support, teaching and guidance to parents/carers and children/young people whilst undergoing investigations and treatments.
* Supporting children and young people with both learning difficulties and disabilities when coming into hospital.
* Provide a range of child centred activities to enhance the patient experience within the hospital environment.
* Take an active role in health promotion and education.
* Work within a multi-disciplinary team to support children and young people ensuring their holistic needs are met.
Person specification
Health Play Specialist
* Health Play Specialist (HPS) qualification at Diploma level, recognised by the Health Play Staff Education Trust (HPSET)
* Registered with HPSET.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
* Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as on own initiative within scope of practice.
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
* Basic IT skills.
* Previous experience in co-ordinating and providing a play service in a healthcare setting.
* Experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities.
* Able to mentor HPS students and provide support to junior staff.
Nursery Nurse
* NVQ Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent (e.g. NNEB BTEC Nursery Nurse qualification)
* Ability to work effectively under direction or part of a team.
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
* Previous work in healthcare setting.
* Experience of caring in a personal or professional setting.
* Able to manage time effectively.
* Basic IT skills.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to accommodate flexible working arrangements where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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