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Hospital Play Assistant Jobs in Grimsby, England, United Kingdom at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Title: Hospital Play Assistant
Company: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Grimsby, England, United Kingdom
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and adaptable Health Play Assistant to join our existing and expanding hospital play specialist service at Grimsby
Responsible for providing
- a welcoming environment for children and young people of all ages (generally up to the age of 16 years old) and promote a positive experience for all
- play opportunities and activities appropriate to the child/young person’s individual and health care needs where there may be barriers to understanding
- specific play/activity therapy when required e.g. encouraging a child/young person to express their true self and explore their feelings, overcoming any fears of being in hospital e.g. needle phobia, transitioning to adult services
- preparing children/young people for procedures and using distraction therapy
- emotional support to the child/young person, parent/main carer and extended family members
- some contribution towards assessing a younger child’s development against recommended assessment tools when requested to
- a mechanism for a child/young person and their family to feedback to the department on their experience of being in hospital and how the hospital can improve our service provision
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorraine Cook Job title: Paediatric Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 03033 303974
