Early Years Nursery Practitioner (Band 3)

NHS; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job description

Early Years Nursery Practitioner (Band 3)

This is an exciting time to join us as we are preparing for a brand new purpose-built Day Nursery which will remain on site.

An enthusiastic, caring, highly motivated childcare practitioner is required to join our busy nursery team. The successful candidate must hold a Level 3 qualification in Early Childhood Studies and have previous post-qualifying experience of working with children aged 0 - 60 months within a day nursery setting. A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage is essential.

The post is for a permanent full-time Early Years Practitioner.

The hours required are 37.5 per week, working different shift patterns to meet the needs of the service.

We are rated 'Good' by Ofsted and are proud of our nursery; we would love you to come and join our team!

Main duties of the job

1. To care for children in accordance with their individual physical, social and psychological needs.
2. To work within NHS, Early Years Foundation Stage and Ofsted's national, regional and local guidelines relating to Day Nursery Provision.
3. To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing expertise and develop new skills as appropriate.

About us

Working for the NHS has many benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Access to Employee Health and Wellbeing services
• Team events including days out and colleague recognition

Job responsibilities

For further information and full details of the role, please see attached the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CACHE Level 3 Early Childhood Studies or equivalent
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Current Paediatric First Aid Certificate
• Safeguarding or any other relevant training applicable to Early Years.

Experience

• Previous post-qualifying experience of working with children 0 - 4 years in a day nursery setting.
• Supervising students.
• Ofsted inspections
• Safeguarding

Skills

• Good literacy and numeracy required.
• A high level of communication skills, an ability to work effectively with colleagues and parents/carers.
• Ability to deliver non-discriminatory, age-appropriate learning experiences, meeting each child's individual needs.
• The skill to provide developmentally appropriate activities, experiences and displays both indoors & outdoors.

Knowledge

• An understanding of Ofsted requirements.
• An excellent knowledge & understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• A sound knowledge of the ages & stages of development for babies/children aged 0-48 months.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum.