Early Years Practitioner - Band 3
- Employer
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum (FTE) or pro rata for part time staff
- Closing date
- 12 Sep 2024
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Qualified Practitioner, Senior Practitioner, Nursery Nurses
- Sector
- Healthcare, Nursery, Pre-School
Early Years Practitioner - Band 3
Main Area Facilities
Grade Band 3
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 days a week Monday to Friday with 1 day off out of the 5 days. Shift pattern – 3 x 07:00-17:30 or 07:30-18:00, 1 x 07:00-17:00 or 08:00-18:00 with 1 hour for a lunch break)
Job ref 339-CCC3819-H4
Site Southmead Hospital
Town Bristol
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 per annum (FTE) or pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 22/09/2024 23:59:00
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and engaging Early Years Practitioner? Do you have a sound knowledge of child development and early years foundation?
We are seeking an experienced, level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner with good initiative and imagination to create an enriching and caring environment where children aged 0-5 years can thrive. As a strong team player, you will provide high quality, safe and supportive childcare with a focus on nurturing the development, racial, cultural, religious, language, gender and disability needs of each individual child.
A variety of development opportunities are available through becoming room and age group experts and attending local network meetings, with prospects of gaining relevant experience to progress on to more senior practitioner and deputy positions.
The successful candidate must hold an NVQ level 3 in child care/early years, NNEB or an equivalent level 3 in early years qualification.
Previous applicants, need not apply
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Work as part of a team with children aged 0-5 years providing high quality, stimulating childcare
- Ensure the quality of care is of the highest level, providing a safe, caring, happy and stimulating environment
- Take an active role in settling a new child in, liaising with parents and keeping up to date records of learning and development
- Establish and maintain relationships within the staffing team, with parents and with all children
- Have the imagination and enthusiasm to plan and evaluate activities for children
- Use strong communication skills essential for team work and building relationships with the children under your care
- Have effective writing skills, enabling completion of children’s written assessments and other related and non-related paperwork
Working for our organisation
Established for over 20 years, Saplings Nursery is an Ofsted registered day nursery located within the grounds of Southmead Hospital. Saplings Nursery moved to our newly refurbished premises in Somerset House in July 2018.
The Nursery provides care for 90 children aged from 6 weeks to starting school. Our dedicated and experienced team at Saplings is committed to providing a warm, safe and stimulating environment for children to learn, explore, develop and grow. We are open to both employees of North Bristol Trust and parents/carers who are not employed by the Trust. Saplings Nursery works closely with the local authority, Bristol City Council, who support the nursery by providing us access to a Qualified Early Years Teacher who visits the nursery four times a year offering guidance and reviewing our practice. Saplings Nursery is registered and inspected by Ofsted and currently has an Ofsted rating of “Good”.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To ensure the health and safety of the children in your care
- To provide a safe, stimulating environment to encourage children to reach their full potential
- To plan and evaluate day-to-day activities to ensure that children experience a wide range of appropriate activities that meet their interests and learning needs
- To organise both individual and group activities for the children and ensure they are adequately supervised on and off the site.
- To take responsibility and care for a group of children, taking the lead for their learning diaries and completing all observations, reports and other paperwork as necessary
- To work closely and build a good relationship with parents and ensure all relevant information is available to parents and communicate with them daily as regards their child’s welfare
- To provide a transition plan for new children to the nursery or for those children who are moving on to another setting or school
- To work alongside other agencies to support special educational needs
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Childcare/BTEC Nursery Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with children between the ages of 0-5 years
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to plan for a wide range of activities
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.
North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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