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Play Assistant | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 April 2025 |
| Location: | Kings Lynn, PE30 4ET |
| Company: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7024409/426-696-25TAM |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a play assistant amongst our established play team on Rudham Ward. While the role is based on Rudham there may be occasions where you are asked to support other areas providing care for children such as Roxborough Children's Centre or outpatients.
The successful candidate will be passionate about working with children and young people and bring joy and happiness to children within the hospital setting.
Our dedicated play team provide a fantastic service to our families for which they regularly receive compliments and positive feedback.
Main duties of the job include:
• Organise daily play and art activities in the playroom or at the bedside
• Use play to maintain a child's level of development during illness
• Help children deal with their anxieties and feelings
• Use play to prepare children for hospital procedures
• Observe children while playing to help healthcare staff monitor their progress
• Encourage peer friendship groups
• Organise parties and special events
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
For further information regarding this exciting opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Apr 2025