Early Years Nursery Nurse Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider located in Ipswich is looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join the nursery team. The successful candidate will care for children aged 4 months to 5 years and create a stimulating environment following the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This fixed-term role offers significant training and development opportunities, along with a range of benefits including annual leave and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and listening skills to interact with children.
• Enthusiastic and well-organized individual.
• Understanding of children’s needs in the early years.

Responsibilities

• Care for physical and emotional needs of each child.
• Create a happy atmosphere to support individual development.
• Develop a stimulating environment in line with EYFS.

Skills

Communication

Listening

Organizational skills

Education

Childcare qualification at level 2 or level 3

Job description

Overview

Hunnitots Day Nursery at Ipswich Hospital are looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join the nursery team to provide care for children aged 4 months to 5 yrs.

Hunnitots Day Nursery, based at Ipswich Hospital, has approximately 70 to 80 children booked in each day. Parents have a choice of in excess of 10 different sessions within the hours of 7 am to 6 pm. The choice provided aims to accommodate the variety of staff working patterns at Ipswich Hospital (part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust).

We are looking for someone with excellent communication and listening skills to plan the day and respond to the different needs of the children we teach. You will be enthusiastic and well organised, and have a Childcare qualification at level 2 or level 3. This is a fixed term/secondment post until 1 February 2026.

Responsibilities

• To care for the physical and emotional needs of each child, showing an understanding of children’s needs in the early years.
• To help create a happy and loving atmosphere in which each child can develop as an individual, through play and learning life skills.
• To create and develop a stimulating environment to meet the needs of individual children, being aware of the needs of different age groups in line with The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

Benefits and Opportunities

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

How to Apply and View Full Details

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025.