Apprentice Assistant Early Years Practitioner

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 May 2025

Job summary

First Steps Day Nursery at St. Peter's (1 post) and Ashford Hospital (1 post) are looking for a kind, thoughtful, enthusiastic and loyal Apprentice Early Years Practitioner to provide and enhance good quality care to an established and popular workplace day nursery, located within the grounds of Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals.

Applicants are also welcomed to apply for the post as an Apprentice Early Years Practitioner through our Apprenticeship scheme working alongside the nursery team learning day to day practice within the nursery. We work closely alongside Brooklands College who oversee the Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications, enabling applicants to gain the appropriate in Early Years experience.

Ashford and St Peter's NHS Trust is a forward thinking organisation which is part of the Government's initiative to support parents who work within the NHS, by providing quality and affordable day care for their employee's. Parents are able to return to work, knowing their children are being well cared for by a highly professional and approachable team.

We are continually reviewing our practice to enable us to provide a caring and stimulating environment for our children. Each dedicated team member is part of that by being involved with planning activities following The New Early Years Foundation Stage, caring for the children, relating positive feedback to Parent's both verbal and written.

Main duties of the job

The nurseries operate 50 weeks of the year and provide excellent day care for 68 children per day aged between 3 months and 5 years for each nursery.

The postholder will:

Under the direction of the Assistant Childcare Manager, assist in the day to day running of the Nursery in accordance with all Trust and Nursery policies and procedures.

Sustain and develop good practice within the Nursery, by sharing a responsibility in offering a stimulating environment for the children in your care, by ensuring a contribution of ideas, covering The New Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) ensuring that a child can develop to the appropriate age and stage of development.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,427 a year pa inc. HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-ACS2259-JN

Job locations

St. Peter's & Ashford Hospital

Guildford Road/London Road

Chertsey/Ashford

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Inform your Senior Practitioner of any information relevant to your children so she can assess strategies you may need to use for their personal development.
To be aware of and act appropriately on Trust Child Protection Polices and Procedures.
Maintain the high standards of hygiene within the Nursery, promoting the childrens own awareness by being a positive role model for them to emulate. Follow appropriate Food Hygiene Guidelines when serving and preparing food.
Promote within the nursery, Equal Opportunities, displaying sensitivity to the childrens cultural and socio economical backgrounds, gender and disability or language capabilities.
Be aware of the confidential aspects of your work, treating all confidential information relating to the children, parents, staff and professional contacts in a manner which will protect the individuals privacy.
Ensuring all available resources are utilised within the Nursery.
To contribute any additional skills and competencies that is appropriate, with the role and agreed with the Assistant Childcare Manager.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Inform your Senior Practitioner of any information relevant to your children so she can assess strategies you may need to use for their personal development.
To be aware of and act appropriately on Trust Child Protection Polices and Procedures.
Maintain the high standards of hygiene within the Nursery, promoting the childrens own awareness by being a positive role model for them to emulate. Follow appropriate Food Hygiene Guidelines when serving and preparing food.
Promote within the nursery, Equal Opportunities, displaying sensitivity to the childrens cultural and socio economical backgrounds, gender and disability or language capabilities.
Be aware of the confidential aspects of your work, treating all confidential information relating to the children, parents, staff and professional contacts in a manner which will protect the individuals privacy.
Ensuring all available resources are utilised within the Nursery.
To contribute any additional skills and competencies that is appropriate, with the role and agreed with the Assistant Childcare Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Further Training

Essential

o3 GCSEs, including English & Maths or equivalent

Desirable

oLevel 2 Childcare qualification
oRecent Paediatric 12 hr First Aid Qualification.

Experience

Essential

oWorking within a childcare setting, responsible for allotted key children

Desirable

oAbility to provide an appropriate learning environment. Contributing to providing activity ideas within the team in which you work.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Further Training

Essential

o3 GCSEs, including English & Maths or equivalent

Desirable

oLevel 2 Childcare qualification
oRecent Paediatric 12 hr First Aid Qualification.

Experience

Essential

oWorking within a childcare setting, responsible for allotted key children

Desirable

oAbility to provide an appropriate learning environment. Contributing to providing activity ideas within the team in which you work.

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.