# Paediatric ED Play Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-ed-play-assistant/fe139227-7d2e-463c-a334-406a0a71a31a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-ed-play-assistant/fe139227-7d2e-463c-a334-406a0a71a31a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Oldham Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T08:01:37.355Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Medicine/Emergency_Medicine-v8372263 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8372263?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Oldham Hospital are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Play Assistant to join the experienced and dynamic Paediatric team of ED. We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, trustworthy and passionate Play Assistant to provide the best experience whilst working in a hospital environment in meeting the healthcare needs of children and young people plus their families through the provision of age-appropriate play, distraction and recreational activities, helping to make their healthcare experience enjoyable and reduce anxiety. You will support the multi-disciplinary team and be an advocate for the patients by creating a stimulating environment and activates for the patients and their families to meet their personal, emotional and social developmental needs while in hospital. e play and distraction for children and young people attending the Paediatric Area of the Emergency Department, working within a philosophy of family centred care. To ensure play equipment is used effectively and maintained appropriately. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate play and distraction for children and young people attending the Paediatric Area of the Emergency Department, working within a philosophy of family centred care. ### Main duties of the job Ensure the Paediatric area of the emergency department has a range of activities available to children and their families daily – supporting activities as appropriate To organise and supervise age-appropriate play/ recreational activities for individual and groups of children and young people in the Emergency Department, according to their individual needs and plan Work closely with the child, their family and the multi-disciplinary team to provide therapeutic play as appropriate Provide a safe environment for children attending the department by ensuring all play equipment is clean and safe to use at all times, reporting and removing Work within the philosophy of child and family centred care Actively safeguard the welfare of children and escalate any safeguarding concerns and implement child protection procedures accordingly Ensure accurate and appropriate written documentation is recorded in patients’ notes To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of children and young people and their families and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs Ensure dignity of care/needs are met for every patient Provide procedural preparation through play and distraction ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE qualifications in five subjects, including Maths and English ### Essential and desirable **Essential** - GCSE qualifications in five subjects, including Maths and English - One year experience of working with children in any setting - Experience of working in a team - Excellent oral and written skills - Excellent team building and team working skills - An awareness of child protection issues **Desirable** - First Aid certificate ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10700127) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [sponsorship & visa information (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) - [paediatric play assistant job description (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10700126) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.