Job overview

To provide and lead a wide range of appropriate recreational activities to enable young people aged 11-18 years with Diabetes, Epilepsy, or Cystic Fibrosis to develop cognitive, social and emotional skills throughout the services. To participate in the Paediatric multi-disciplinary teams using specific skills to contribute to the care and understanding 
of the young people, their families and carers. To ensure the clinic environment is young people friendly and stimulating and encourage and continue to develop a peer group network of support. To conduct surveys to capture Quality of life indicators, confidence measures and self-management ratings. To work closely with Children and conduct relevant workshops in the community. To support the wider hospital youth service and ensure young people from the service to which they are aligned are able to engage in activities and sessions in line with the National Youth Agency Curriculum.

Main duties of the job

To provide and lead a wide range of appropriate recreational activities to enable young people aged 11-18 years with Diabetes, Epilepsy, or Cystic Fibrosis to develop cognitive, social and emotional skills throughout the service. To participate in the Paediatric multi-disciplinary teams using specific skills to contribute to the care and understanding 
of the young people, their families and carers. To ensure the clinic environment is young people friendly and stimulating and encourage and continue to develop a peer group network of support. To conduct surveys to capture Quality of life indicators, confidence measures and self-management ratings. To work closely with Children and conduct relevant workshops in the community. To support the wider hospital youth service and ensure young people from the service to which they are aligned are able to engage in activities and sessions in line with the National Youth Agency Curriculum.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.