Job summary
Band 6 Deputy Head of Play - Play Specialists.
This is an exciting role and opporunity to join the play service at Great Ormond Street, where you will be working alongside the Head of Play, to ensure that the health play specialist team provide a welcoming, safe, and secure environment where culturally diverse population's needs are being represented through-out the service.
This role will focus on supporting development, line management, and, training, where you you will use your skills and experience to supervise, assess and mentor play specialists, students and health play specialist apprentices taking an active role in growing the service, and promoting the role of play within the trust, providing leadership to staff through role modelling and best practice adhering to the HPSET standards and registration processes,
You will also lead on data creation, and user feedback to communicate the impact of the health play specialist to the NHS, our charity partners and other stake holders.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside the Head of Play Services you will:
- Ensure the Health Play Specialist Team provide a welcoming, safe and secure environment where culturally diverse populations' needs are being represented throughout the service.
- Support the development of an equitable provision of Health Play Specialist service access throughout the Trust, mindful of the need to engage all children and young people and adapt a service to meet them at their point of need.
- Be responsible for the management of senior staff within the Health Play Specialist Service as delegated by the Head of Play Service.
- Take an active role in improving care pathways and patient experience for children, young people and their families.
- Supervise, assess and mentor Health Play Specialist apprentices and students on practice placement.
- Continually learn and develop yourself, contributing to a learning culture in the team
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values Essential
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Edexcel Certificate in Hospital Play Specialism or Foundation degree in Healthcare Play Specialism
- NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent
- 5 GCSE's including Maths and English
- Evidence of ongoing dynamic and continuing development, registration with HPSET Recruiting and Interviewing Skills.
Desirable
- Management training and development
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial post qualifying experience of working as a Health Play Specialist.
- In-depth theoretical knowledge of child development, and specialised interventions offered by health play specialists to minimise hospital trauma.
- Detailed knowledge of best practice
- Knowledge of health legislation -HPSET and NAHPS guidelines and standards and its application in practise.
- Team management and leadership experience, supporting and developing the role of health play specialists trust wide.
- Training and mentoring, sharing skills and teaching peers and healthcare colleagues, mentoring and assessing students.
- Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture
- Previous experience of implementing and evaluating practice, policies, and changes both to service and workload.
- Research and data collection - evidencing practice and auditing.
- Experience of undertaking consumer involvement and working with outside agencies and partners.
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, health and safety, safeguarding, risk assessment and infection control.
- Awareness of diversity, cultural and religious pathways and policies.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Experience of undertaking therapeutic assessments of children and young people- supporting Health Play specialists with planning and MDT involvement.
- Ability to work autonomously to discuss, plan, develop and implement training, and service development, whilst looking at service needs.
- Excellent verbal, communication and organisation skills. Excellent IT and presentation skills, and a good working knowledge of Word, Excell, and Teams.
- Ability to formulate and share sensitive information with the team and work together to address issues and challenges.
- Able to evaluate the effectiveness of play plans and play strategies- developing the role of the health play specialist within the wider MDT team. Ability to collate data, and present findings.
- Line management and leadership skills for health play specialists and senior health play specialists.
- Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise workload.
- Ability to identify pertinent ethical issues and provide guidance.
- Excellent Presentation Skills
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values Essential
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Edexcel Certificate in Hospital Play Specialism or Foundation degree in Healthcare Play Specialism
- NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent
- 5 GCSE's including Maths and English
- Evidence of ongoing dynamic and continuing development, registration with HPSET Recruiting and Interviewing Skills.
Desirable
- Management training and development
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial post qualifying experience of working as a Health Play Specialist.
- In-depth theoretical knowledge of child development, and specialised interventions offered by health play specialists to minimise hospital trauma.
- Detailed knowledge of best practice
- Knowledge of health legislation -HPSET and NAHPS guidelines and standards and its application in practise.
- Team management and leadership experience, supporting and developing the role of health play specialists trust wide.
- Training and mentoring, sharing skills and teaching peers and healthcare colleagues, mentoring and assessing students.
- Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture
- Previous experience of implementing and evaluating practice, policies, and changes both to service and workload.
- Research and data collection - evidencing practice and auditing.
- Experience of undertaking consumer involvement and working with outside agencies and partners.
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, health and safety, safeguarding, risk assessment and infection control.
- Awareness of diversity, cultural and religious pathways and policies.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Experience of undertaking therapeutic assessments of children and young people- supporting Health Play specialists with planning and MDT involvement.
- Ability to work autonomously to discuss, plan, develop and implement training, and service development, whilst looking at service needs.
- Excellent verbal, communication and organisation skills. Excellent IT and presentation skills, and a good working knowledge of Word, Excell, and Teams.
- Ability to formulate and share sensitive information with the team and work together to address issues and challenges.
- Able to evaluate the effectiveness of play plans and play strategies- developing the role of the health play specialist within the wider MDT team. Ability to collate data, and present findings.
- Line management and leadership skills for health play specialists and senior health play specialists.
- Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise workload.
- Ability to identify pertinent ethical issues and provide guidance.
- Excellent Presentation Skills
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital.
London
WC1N 3JH
Employer's website
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
