About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified health Play Specialist to support children and young people receiving health-based support.
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, proactive and with extensive post qualifying experience to join the children's community nursing team (CCN).
The post holder will work with children and young people who are under the care of the CCN Team within Wye Valley Trust on a referral basis for time bound support. You will need to triage these referrals and prioritise your workload.
You will work alongside other professionals to assess, plan, schedule and deliver specialist play interventions to children & Young people with acute, chronic, life limiting or life-threatening conditions, primarily in their own homes and will organise events & groups where appropriate.
Prepare children & young people for invasive and non-invasive procedures, distraction therapy and post procedural play.
Build therapeutic relationships and family centred care with the service user.
Main duties of the job
Work alongside CCN team to provide high quality care to children young people and families.
Working with the larger MDTeam to provide seamless care between agencies and family within different settings.
flexibility in working patterns to suit needs of the role
About us About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Please call CCN office to discuss if more information required
Person Specification
education and qualifications Essential
HPSET certificate
Desirable
further relevant qualifications
Skills Essential
Communication skills
Desirable
Clinical skills
Experience Essential
Experience working with children and young people
Desirable
SEND experience
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address child development centre
CCN Office
Hereford
HR2 7RL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)