Qualified Nursery Nurse

NHS; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust runs three nurseries providing care for pre-school children, mainly for NHS families and some local community children. The nurseries focus on high-quality, compassionate care to help children meet their Early Learning goals.

You will be based at Rainbow Nursery, Crawley and you will be part of a dedicated team focused on nurturing young minds and helping shape their bright futures as a nursery nurse in one of our NHS workplace nurseries, supporting parents while they work.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Nursery Management team
• To assist in the daily operation of the playroom for the assigned age group.
• To support other Nursery nurses in their daily duties.
• To work in partnership with parents and outside organisations.
• Provide high-quality physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children at the nursery and contribute to service development

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

• Communicate with external organisations, agencies, childcare professionals, OFSTED, and parents using various methods, both verbal and electronic, and report back to the Nursery Management Team.
• Communicate effectively with all staff members on various subjects.
• Attend meetings when applicable.
• Interact with all children at their level.
• Collaborate within a team, offering leadership, support, and delegation to all staff in the designated age group.

Main responsibilities

• Be a representative of the nursery and SCFT always.
• Work as part of a team.
• Maintain the standards of the nursery in conjunction with SCFT and Nursery policies and procedures.
• Ensure Health and Safety is consistently upheld in the designated playroom, nursery, and hospital premises.
• Work with the Nursery Management team and Estates Department to promptly address building and maintenance needs for safety.
• Undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery.
• Provide an engaging curriculum of activities appropriate for the children in the Nursery, aligned with Ofsted requirements and tailored to each child's individual learning needs.
• Ensure the inclusion of all children.
• Have a good knowledge of child development, child legislation, Early Years Foundation stage, and keep abreast of current trends in early years care.

Parents

• Support and attend parents evenings and Parent Nursery Group meetings when required.
• Liaise with and support parents, carers, and family members during their child's nursery attendance, aiding the child's learning and development.
• Record and report any accidents or incidents involving children or staff in the playroom at any time, including outside Nursery hours, to the Nursery Management Team.
• Ensure a risk assessment for activities undertaken within the allocated playroom and nursery premises.
• In the absence of any team members in the allocated playroom, ensure all children observations and next steps are covered.
• Report to the Nursery management team any child reportable sickness.
• Undertake training as required and become involved in special projects as appropriate.
• Support the development of the nursery teams within the allocated playroom.
• Report to the Nursery management team any conversations or messaging from parents regarding any finance dealings.
• Promote good staff relations, support, maintain an efficient working team and effective communication within the nursery and the allocated playroom.
• Attend team meetings inside and outside working hours and help write the agenda.
• Support Trainee Nursery Nurses, students, and other unqualified workers while in the nursery.
• Identify and meet own and others training needs within the allocated playroom.
• Support the Management Team in completing nursery inductions with all new staff, visitors, and students.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or above
• Safeguarding training Level 3
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• First Aid paediatric
• Childcare related courses
• First Aid at work
• SENCO code of practice

Experience

• Experience of children ages 0 - 5 years.

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to organise your daily tasks in an allocated playroom.
• Ability to promote the all-round development of children.
• Ability to communicate with parents/carers and outside organisations.
• Awareness of health and safety.
• Embedded knowledge of 'Early years foundation stage'

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.

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours