Nursery Nurse

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Qualified Level 2 or 3 Nursery Nurse in a child care setting.

The ideal candidate will have a bubbly and happy personality with experience of working with children and have a passion for the role. You must have confidence in being able to interact with and supervise children between 0-5 years, ensuring their safety at all times. You must be self-motivated, confident, reliable, as well as showing initiative. You will be working under the direction of the room manager and alongside other members of the team.

Main duties of the job

The nursery is split into three age groups: Babies, Toddlers and Pre-school. The role will involve you being a key person to a group of children, and being responsible to carry out observations, summaries of development and development trackers, therefore you will need to have strong knowledge of the EYFS. You will be required to build relationships with parents/carers and have the skills to communicate with them effectively. You will be supporting children whilst they play and extend their learning, for example reading stories, role play in the home corner, and whilst outside. It will also involve intimate care (nappy changing, toileting) and meal times.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£13,689 to £14,601 a year per annum plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

326-6187667-AD

Job locations

Sunshine Day Nursery, East Surrey Hospital

Canada Drive

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Person Specification

No desirable criteria specified

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

No desirable criteria specified

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.