Early Years Educator

Royal Devon; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Devon NHS Nursery in Wonford is seeking an experienced Room Lead or Early Years Educator to join the NHS team providing high-quality early years education for colleagues.

You will build warm, responsive relationships with children aged 3 months to 5 years, plan inclusive activities, and work with a supportive leadership team to deliver a stimulating Foundation Stage programme in a spacious setting with extensive outdoor spaces.

Qualifications

• Qualified Early Years Educator or teacher with EYFS experience.
• Experience delivering play-based learning in early years.
• Ability to plan inclusive activities and assess progress.

Responsibilities

• Lead a room delivering a high-quality early years programme.
• Support colleagues and organise daily learning activities.
• Use Foundation Stage framework to develop staff skills.
• Ensure safeguarding and promote wellbeing.

Skills

Child development

Team collaboration

Communication with families

Education

EYFS qualification

Job description

Our nursery provides childcare provision only to colleagues working at the Royal Devon.

It’s set on our Wonford site in a purpose built, spacious building and generous outdoor spaces – a perfect setting for fun, play, and learning! Which is reflected in our Ofsted Outstanding Provider rating and the happy children who attend from 3 months to 5 years old.

Ourmissionistoensurethatchildren’swellbeinganddevelopmentiscentraltoallthat wedo.

We promote learning in a fun, stimulating, language-rich environment, nurtured through play and meaningful interactions; following children’s interests to motivate and inspire them to become active learners.

We recognise the importance of the roles that our parents have in supporting the NHS, so it is important to us that our parents can attend their place of work, knowing that their child’s individual needs are met, and that they are being cared and supported to learn and develop to meet their full potential, in a way that is unique to them.

More detail about the role

Are you an experienced Room Lead ready for a new challenge or an Early Years Educator looking for the next step in your career? Join our Ofsted Outstanding rated First Steps NHS Nursery team!

We’dlove to hear fromEarly Years Educators with apassion fornurturing anddeveloping children and your colleagues as theygrow. In return,we offer a rewarding career, working in amazing facilities, where you canmake a difference to the children of NHS colleagues, plus you’llreceive a brilliant package of benefits.

We care for up to 129 children a day in five rooms with access to our different outdoor play spaces which include:

• a large Astroturf area
• a spacious woodland area
• an extensive full enclosed grass area
• Core hours are 8.00am – 6.00pm

As aRoom Lead, Early Years Educator, you’ll use yourcreative flare andorganisation skills to support your team to deliver a brilliant programme offun, inclusive, learning activities for the children around theirinterests andcare needs.

Drawing uponyour knowledge of the Foundation Stage curriculum to develop theskills of the team within your room. You’ll encourage the use of ourfantastic outdoor spaces to benefit the children by experiencingdifferent environments and developing their sense of the world and themselves.

The working day is extremely rewarding and involves both child and adult led learning opportunities with the children. Examples of these activities includingsharing stories, dressing up, ‘messy play’, games,and above all, instilling a sense offun!

• Be part of the teamthat creates anurturing
• Help create a nurturing environment and

Couldyournextchapterbefullofstories,discoveryandplay?JoinourOfstedOutstandingFirstStepsNHSNurseryasanEarlyYearsEducator.

Whether you have worked in a nursery, preschool, school or childminding setting, we would love to hear from you. We welcome Early Years Educators, nursery practitioners, teaching assistants and teachers with early years experience who meet the requirements in the person specification. Bring your skills to a spacious, playful setting where you can help children explore and grow while supporting the NHS colleagues who trust us with their care.

As an Early Years Educator, you will create warm, responsive relationships with children and plan inclusive experiences around their interests, care needs and stage of development.

You will use your knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage alongside colleagues, making full use of our outdoor spaces and everyday moments to support children’s communication, curiosity and independence.

Are you a teacher with early years experience looking for a setting where you can spend meaningful time with children? We’d also love to hear from teaching assistants, nursery practitioners, preschool educators and childminders. You’ll use your skills to notice what interests each child, extend their play through conversation and create experiences that help them feel confident, curious and ready to explore.

• Helpcreateanurturingenvironmentanddeliverhighstandardsofcareandeducation.
• Plan,deliverandreflectonexperiencesthatsupportchildren’slearninganddevelopment.
• Keepaccuraterecordsofchildren’sprogressandcare,andshareupdateswithparentsandcarers.
• Shareideaswithcolleaguesandkeepdevelopingyourknowledgeandpractice.
• Followsafeguardingproceduresandraiseconcernspromptly.
• SupportotherChildcareServicesprovisionasrequired.

About you

We welcome qualified Early Years Educators and teachers with early years experience who want to work closely with children through play. Please check the person specification for the qualifications required for this post.

You build trusting relationships with children and families, notice what sparks children’s interest and enjoy working with a supportive team. You are keen to keep learning and growing in your practice.

You’llbesupportedbyourexperiencedNurseryManager and service leadership team who are passionate about EarlyYearsEducationand develop