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Job summary

Main area
Early Years Childcare
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Bank: 0 weeks (zero hours contract)
Hours
  • Flexible working
  • Other
0 hours per week (Bank contract)
Job ref
214-CEN-6349712
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-In-Ashfield
Salary
£22,383 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/07/2024 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bank Nursery Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Bank Nursery Assistant to work as and when required on various shifts within the nursery opening hours of 7.30a.m -5.30p.m.

The successful candidate must have a NVQ Level 2 qualification, have the ability to work effectively as part of a team along with good verbal and written communication skills. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Nursery Nurses to provide high quality care and education for the babies and young children that attend the day nursery.

To assist in the planning, provision, delivery and supervision of well planned, age and developmentally appropriate play opportunities for the babies and young children that attend the day nursery.

To work individually, or as part of a team with the babies and young children attending the day nursery to promote and support each child’s all round development.

To assist in creating a caring and inclusive environment      

 

Working for our organisation

Thank you for your interest in this role. 

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we 
also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within a childcare setting

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • A commitment to undergo ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Basic Food Hygiene to be gained within 6 months
  • Paediatric First Aid to be gained within 6 months

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Working towards NVQ2 in Childcare & Education, or an equivalent qualification or minimum experience (see experience)
Desirable criteria
  • A willingness to gain NVQ 3 in Childcare & Education

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Practice Guidance and the Statutory Framework
  • Safe Guarding Children policy and procedure
  • Basic Keyboard skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Deborah Hall/Sarah Bown
Job title
Nursery Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623622515
Additional information

For further information regarding this post please contact Deborah Hall – Nursery Manager or Sarah Bown – Nursery Manager on Telephone No 01623 622515 Extension 3885

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