East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Early Years Nursery Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 09 July 2025

Job summary

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 and 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.

Main duties of the job

  • 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 us

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.

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 offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto 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.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

27 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR414-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NNEB/ BTEC or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  • Food Hygiene Certificate
  • Child Safeguarding Training

Desirable

  • First Aid training
  • SENCO training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children aged 4 months to 5 years of age

Desirable

  • Have experience of working in day care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Child development
  • Planning for individual children
  • Group activities
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values

Desirable

  • Understand child's SENCO needs
  • Understanding of the EYFS curriculum
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NNEB/ BTEC or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  • Food Hygiene Certificate
  • Child Safeguarding Training

Desirable

  • First Aid training
  • SENCO training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children aged 4 months to 5 years of age

Desirable

  • Have experience of working in day care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Child development
  • Planning for individual children
  • Group activities
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values

Desirable

  • Understand child's SENCO needs
  • Understanding of the EYFS curriculum

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Acting up Manager

Victoria Green

victoria.green@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

27 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR414-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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