nursery assistant

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie Day Nursery, part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, seeks a nursery assistant to work with children aged 6 months to 4 years. You will perform domestic duties, supervise lunch service, and assist with laundry while maintaining high standards of hygiene and safeguarding.

Excellent communication, organisation, and teamwork skills are essential. Flexibility, initiative, and dedication to child development and inclusion are valued in this role.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills and the ability to stay organised while managing time effectively.
• Awareness of food hygiene standards and allergens.
• Ability to use own initiative, share ideas and work well within a team.
• Active promotion and safeguarding of children and young people in the setting.

Responsibilities

• Serve the children's lunch and record accurate food temperatures per hygiene guidance.
• Carry out laundry duties, washing and drying children's bedding.
• Be aware of fire evacuation procedures and assist as required.
• Follow Health and Safety at Work procedures and implement actions as needed.
• Learn and implement all Trust and Nursery policies and procedures.
• Keep rooms clean and tidy, encourage children to care for their environment.
• Ensure all mandatory training (Safeguarding, Paediatric First Aid, Food hygiene, Allergy awareness) is up to date.
• Develop good relationships with children, focusing on each as an individual and supporting inclusion.
• Contribute to your annual Personal Development review and your own professional development.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Teamwork

Initiative

Organisation

Food hygiene awareness

Safeguarding

Job description

• 1 - To serve the children's lunch ensuring accurate food temperatures are recorded in line with food hygiene guidance
• 2 - Laundry duties, washing and drying of children's bedding etc
• 3 - 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.
• 4 - Have knowledge of Health and Safety at work and implement any action required in relation to this.
• 5 - To gain knowledge of all Trust and Nursery policies and procedures and ensure they are implemented.
• 6 - Assist in keeping rooms clean and tidy, encouraging children to be involved and care for their environment.
• 7 - Ensure all Mandatory training and training specific to the job role e.g. Safeguarding and Paediatric First Aid, Food hygiene, Allergy awareness are current and updated as required to maintain compliance.
• 8 - Develop good relationships with the children focusing on the child as an individual as well as within a small group. Also assist with the inclusion of children with additional needs.
• 9 - Ensure your own professional development is kept up to date; contribute to your annual Personal Development review.

• We are looking for a nursery assistant to join the team at the Christie Day Nursery We are looking for someone who would like the experience of working in a nursery alongside children aged 6 moths to 4 years old.
• To work flexibly as directed across the nursery undertaking domestic duties serving lunch washing up after lunch and laundry duties.
• Awareness of food hygiene standards and allergens.
• Good communication skills, to be organised and manage your time effectively.
• Ability to use own initiative, share ideas and be innovative and work well within a team.
• To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the setting.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 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 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.