# Play Service Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/play-service-manager/5c9e2a71-f24f-4f62-ba31-0c73a2197e16 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/play-service-manager/5c9e2a71-f24f-4f62-ba31-0c73a2197e16.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North Middlesex University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Service manager - **Salary:** £45953.00 to £54254.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (8am - 6pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T15:00:38.728Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8084162 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8084162?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Play Services Manager, based at our North Middlesex University Health Unit. This role is offered at part-time working 30x hours per week with the rota pattern being agreed upon appointment. The appointed candidate will provide a high-level play service to all areas within the Babies, Children's, & Young People division to ensure all visitors to our services have a positive experience. The postholder may be required to provide support to other Health Units in their role. Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. ### Main duties of the job The job purpose is: - Be responsible for the management of staff within the Play Service. - Take an active role in improving care pathways for patients and their families within their hospital journey. - Work as an advanced practitioner in clinical areas. - Participate in the assessment, planning, development and evaluation of play services within all areas where children and young people are seen, holding responsibility for service development and defined projects. - Provide leadership to junior staff through role modelling, teaching and management. - Supervise HPS and degree level students on practice placement as well as students from other members of the MDT. - Provide complimentary support to children seen outside of paediatric setting and 16 – 17 yrs. old in Paediatric Emergency Department as required and or admitted onto the adult wards. - Actively work to improve the safety and quality of services for children, contributing to safeguarding and sourcing funds for environmental improvements and building partnerships with external funders. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post qualifying, comprehensive experience of working with children and/or young people in a health care setting, in a variety of clinical areas and/or vast experience in specialised field, including individual and group work. - Project leadership experience. - Participation in recruitment and selection procedures - Experience of audit procedures - Experience of regularly supporting, teaching, training, assessing and supervising students and/or volunteers. **Desirable** - Management of junior staff, undertaking annual appraisals and PDP. - Participation in recruitment and selection procedures - Experience of working with children and/or young people with special needs including those with challenging behaviours ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Enthusiastic and motivated. - Good interpersonal skills. - Professional approach to work. - Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working. - Openness – Shares information and good practice appropriately. - Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy and respect. ### Skills & Aptitudes **Essential** - Able to communicate complex, information sensitively and effectively with patients, families and staff, in written, verbal and non-verbal forms. - Advanced theoretical understanding of and ability to manage & apply therapeutic play interventions for children and young people experiences difficulties during their - Hospitalisation on specialised areas including preparation, distraction therapy and post procedural play. - Supervision and training skills. - Ability to provide clinical supervision to peer group. - Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues, including professional boundaries, clinical governance. - Word processing, Excel and internet search skills. - Ability to build effective working relationships within multiple professional teams and across hospital locations. - Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information and comprehend difficult technical and medical information **Desirable** - Training and presentation skills. - Counselling skills ### Knowledge & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered & qualified Health Play Specialist holding the Foundation Degree in Health Care Play Specialism or previous HPSC/HPSEB, Edexcel PDC/HND in Hospital Play Specialism or oversees equivalent. - Further training in child protection. - Management training modules - Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development For example; Counselling Skills certificate, Supervisory Skills Training, Presentation skills., Published articles, Conference Presentations - Comprehensive knowledge and application of therapeutic assessments and interventions relevant to patient group and treatment plan. - Specialist knowledge of the effects of hospitalisation, treatment and long term chronic and life-threatening illness on children and young people and their families. - Knowledge and awareness of the emotional and personal impact of the work and the ability to self-manage or seek help appropriately. - Detailed knowledge of current health legislation and NAHPS Guidelines for Professional Practice. - Detailed knowledge of the principles and application of clinical governance. **Desirable** - Bachelor’s Degree (or overseas equivalent) in a subject relevant to work with children and/or young people. - Training in ;Guided Imagery, Adolescent Development, Teaching adults ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 498.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672143) - [person specification (pdf, 285.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672144) - [functional requirements (pdf, 691.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10670821) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## 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.