Bank Early Years Nursery Practitioner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust seeks compassionate individuals to join their nursery bank. Responsibilities include child care and supporting early education. Successful applicants should be working towards an NVQ Level 2/3 in childcare and possess excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Working towards NVQ level 2/3 in Child Care or equivalent.
• Practical experience with children under 5 years old.
• Good communication and listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective childcare in line with Trust and Nursery policies.
• Assist with care of children including feeding and educational support.
• Participate in planning activities for children's learning.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Listening

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 in Child Care or equivalent

Key skill in Maths, English and IT

Job description

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit enthusiastic, self-motivated and compassionate people to work on our nursery bank.Our bank service aims to supply appropriately skilled staff to cover temporary shortages across the organisation. Joining the bank provides you with the flexibility to choose your own working hours with a competitive rate of pay and weekly payments available. It can also provide the opportunity to gain experience with the trust as a precursor to permanent employment.

We are looking for kind, caring and compassionate people who share our values. Successful applicants will have or be working towards an NVQ Level 2/3 in childcare or equivalent and have a passion to work with young children with excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

The nursery aims to support the recruitment and retention of staff within the Trust and as such provides full day care for 54 children aged from 6 months up to 5 years. The post holder will be required to work as part of a team providing effective childcare in line with Trust and Nursery policies. The post holder will be required to assist with the care of children on a daily basis meeting their individual needs e.g. Feeding, changing, emotional support and educational development opportunities in line with the Early Foundation Stage Framework.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job responsibilities

General

1. To gain knowledge of all Trust and Nursery policies and procedures and ensure they are implemented.2. To assist in providing quality childcare in line with the National Standards for Full Day Care produced by the governing body OFSTED.3. Maintain good relationships with parents and carers to comply with the nurserys ethos of sharing information and building positive relationships.4. To assist in ensuring registers records of accidents, medication and any other information required in line with the nurserys policies and procedures are completed accurately and stored in compliance with the nurserys policy relating to confidentiality.5. Have responsibility for equipment used in the nursery and report any repairs to Management.6. To be aware of the procedures for the safe evacuation in the event of a fire and assist other staff in the evacuation process as required.7. Have knowledge of Health and Safety at work and implement any action required in relation to this.8. Assist in keeping rooms clean and tidy, encouraging children to be involved and care for their environment.9. To assist with food preparation and service of breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack.

Personal

1. Ensure any training specific to the job role e.g. Safeguarding and Paediatric First Aid are current and updated as required to maintain compliance.2.. Assist in providing an environment which supports the philosophy and meets the requirements detailed in the Nurserys OFSTED registration.3. Develop good relationships with the children in your care, focusing on the child as an individual as well as within a small group. Also assist with the inclusion of children with additional needs.

Educational

1. Participate as an active member of the team to plan and prepare a variety of age-appropriate activities to enhance the childrens learning opportunities.2. To assist staff in planning individual and group activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and record evaluations to monitor progress.3. To be aware of government changes and developments in relation to Early Years care and education and participate in developments of the nursery to improve and enhance the provision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Working towards a NVQ level 2/ 3 in Child Care or equivalent
• Key skill in Maths, English and IT

Experience

• A passion to work with young children, practical experience of children under 5 years old (babysitting/work experience)

Skills

• Good communication and listening skills.
• To work as part of a team.
• Record information accurately.

Knowledge

• Commitment to undertake relevant training to gain NVQ level2/3 in childcare

Valus

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

Other

• Be able to work in a flexible manner
• To be able to cover all staffing shifts as required supporting the needs of the setting.

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.