Nursery Nurse/ Play specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
An exciting opportunity for a qualified Healthcare Play Specialist or Nursery Nurse to join the paediatric team at Bedford Hospital. This role involves working across the Paediatric Unit, including Riverbank ward, Children's Assessment Unit, Paediatric Outpatients, and Phlebotomy, with occasional support in A&E. You will plan, implement, review, and evaluate therapeutic play programmes to support children and young people emotionally and developmentally.
Essential criteria
- Working with young people
Desirable criteria
- Working with CAMHS / Eating Disorders
- IApplication
- Qualification Nursery Nurse or Play Specialist
- Experience of working in a hospital setting
- Working with SEND children
- Working in a team
- Application form and interview
- Working with young people
- How many years experience
- Knowledge of CAMHS
- Application form
- Working with young people
- Working with CAMHS / Eating Disorders
- IApplication
- Qualification Nursery Nurse or Play Specialist
- Experience of working in a hospital setting
- Working with SEND children
- Working in a team
- Application form and interview
- Working with young people
- How many years experience
- Knowledge of CAMHS
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nursery Nurse/ Play specialist
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Healthcare Play Specialist or Nursery Nurse to join our paediatric team at Bedford Hospital.
This role will be based within the Paediatric Unit, which comprises of Riverbank ward, Children's Assessment Unit, Paediatric Outpatients and Phlebotomy. You will be required to work across all areas, and may occasionally be required to support in A and E.
Main duties of the job
The work that you will be doing will be supported by a combination of evidence based practice and theoretical knowledge which will enable you to plan, implement, review and evaluate therapeutic play programmes that support children and young people emotionally and developmentally.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality train
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