Play Service Manager | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum (pro rata) including HCAS |
| Hours: | Part-time |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 5 Nov 2026 |
Summary
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.
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.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Oct 2026