# Play Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 25.5 hours per week (Not applicable)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T13:50:54.127Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Banabury/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Play_Assistant/Play_Assistant-v8300893
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8300893?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

PLAY ASSISTANT BAND 3

Play Assistant Full time post

This posts is based on the Children’s Ward at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. You will work alongside our experienced Health Play Specialist and the ward team offering normalised play for the Hospitalised child. This opportunity will be based on an inpatient ward but you may also be asked to support children in A&E, and clinics.

### Main duties of the job

The Play Team and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust recognises the importance of play and the impact it can have on a patient’s experience, so we are looking for someone who is committed to meeting the needs and engaging effectively with children and young people showing care and compassion in their work.

The successful applicant can learn and develop new skills with the support of the play team and help to promote the play services .

We look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in joining this great team.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For this post we require

- A Child care qualification equivalent to the NVQ Level 3
- minimum 1 year post Level 3 qualification experience of working with children
- or
- Undertaking the Foundation degree in Hospital Play specialism.

### 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

### Criteria for the Play Assistant role

**Essential**

- Experience and evidence of further development
- Evidence of working within a MDT team

**Desirable**

- Experience with adolescents and children with challenging behaviour

## Documents

- [play assistant job description (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10620171)
- [band 3 play assistant person specification (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10620172)

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