You will have extensive proven experience of working with children and young people in a healthcare setting and be able to deal sensitively with families and colleagues in a fast-paced environment. You will be able to effectively prioritise patients and your workload autonomously. You will work as part of a supportive team where play and recreation are valued and respected as an integrated part of children /young people’s treatment and your contribution to the patient’s pathway will be highly valued.

The post holder will need to be able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service.The Play and Youth Services Team are a large multi skilled workforce consisting of Registered Health Play Specialists, Youth Support Co-coordinators, Youth workers and young adult support coordinators working trust-wide with 0–25-year-olds. The service is led by the Lead for Therapeutic Play, Recreation and Youth Services, 2 Deputy play services managers and Team leaders who have a duel clinical and leadership role.

You will have support and encouragement to continue to develop and learn within the team including access to ongoing learning, development and training opportunities.
Include supporting team members through leadership 121s,

Will be able to continue to expand and develop the service to grow and improve.

As a deputy play and youth services manager you will co- lead a sub team of the larger team, leading on staffing, rotas and service delivery. Staff support including direct line management for a group of staff including 121s, recruitment, health roster and leadership responsibly.
Providing day-to-day support to team members in clinical areas organising service delivery cover and planning

will be able to continue to expand and develop the play and youth service to grow and improve.
You will have extensive proven experience of working with children and young people in a healthcare setting and be able to deal sensitively with families and colleagues in a fast-paced environment. You will be able to effectively prioritise patients and your workload autonomously. You will work as part of a supportive team where play and recreation are valued and respected as an integrated part of children /young people’s treatment and your contribution to the patient’s pathway will be highly valued.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

• Come and join our team!

We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join the UCLH therapeutic play and youth services leadership team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced registered
health play specialist to join our play and youth services team in a leadership role.

We are expanding our award-winning team with a new deputy play and youth services manager role. You will join two other part time deputies and team leaders in leading the day-to-day service.

You will support service delivery, staffing rotas, health roster and managing the referral service.

You will have a key role in service development and leading on practice development and improvement projects for BCYP and wider team.

This Senior role will be part of the UCLH Therapeutic play and youth services leadership team. Experience in leadership and supporting staff is an advance, but if this is your first leadership role you will be fully supported to gain new skills and learn within our kind and nurturing team.

As an experienced practitioner with extensive experience of working with babies’ children young people in a variety of clinical settings you will be an advocate for BCYP accessing therapeutic play and recreation during their treatment at UCLH

As one of three deputy play and youth Services managers
you will Co-lead one of the three sub teams that form our larger play and Youth Services team these sub teams currently consist of

• daycare an outpatient service
• children/young people and young adult cancer services
• inpatient services

As a member of the play and youth Services leadership team you will work closely with the trust lead for therapeutic play and youth services and the wider senior leadership team in the division to support opportunities for play.

You will be supported to grow and develop as part of a learning and improving team.

Active Registration as a health play specialists’ is a requirement for this role or international equivalent.

This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425