Early Years Nursery Practitioner (Band 3)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.
Job overview
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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main 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 parent/carers.
* 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
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost from your first full month's salary. This is a condition of your employment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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