Health visitor's assistant
* Health visitors' assistants are increasingly nursery nurses who work in primary healthcare teams alongside and under the supervision of health visitors, to agreed protocols. Their exact roles are being defined and new skills mixes introduced as the number of nursery nurses working in such positions grows, though policies vary in different health trusts.
Contact your local community NHS Trust.
Hospital play specialist
* Hospital play specialists fulfil a vital role for children and their families during a stay in hospital. They provide therapeutic play programmes for children individually and in groups, in ward-based playrooms, outpatients clinics and intensive care units. They work closely with other members of the professional team, using play to prepare children for hospital procedures, contributing to clinical judgements through their play-based observations of sick children.
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