Job summary
- Main area
- Bank Nursery Assistant
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Shift Dependent)
- Job ref
- 275-TSS-080421-NA
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £10.12 - £18.22 Per Hour/Depending Shift
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 21/04/2021 23:59
Employer heading

Bank Nursery Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
Bank Nursery Assistant
Division: Temporary Resourcing
Care Group: Corporate
Band: 2
Salary: £10.12 - £18.22 per hour/depending on the shift
Interview date- tbc
We are recruiting for a Bank Nursery Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be expected to be able to work within a child’s day nursery ensuring that each child is provided with a safe and secure, emotionally and physically stimulating environment and programme of activities in which to develop.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be able to work within a child’s day nursery ensuring that each child is provided with a safe and secure, emotionally and physically stimulating environment and programme of activities in which to develop
To plan and provide as a group a wide range of activities and for a group of children, which covers all aspects of the EYFS and individual child development
To be fully responsible for the children in your care, providing a consistently safe and secure and stimulating environment
To work as part of a team with other staff members to ensure children receive the highest standard of care
Ensure that accidents/individual problems with children, staff or parents are brought to the manager’s attention
Maintain a high standard of cleanliness within the nursery, promoting personal hygiene standard through monitoring toilet procedures as well as maintaining cleanliness in the playroom and surrounding areas.
Assist in preparation and serving of meals, supervising meal times
Attending regular training sessions
Attending regular staff meetings which may be out of working hours
Assist in out of hours events such as fetes, open evenings
Assistant nursery nurses must at all-time respect the principle of confidentiality of information gained through their work.
To be a key worker to a group of children supporting through assessments and developmental needs
To be responsible for maintaining a high standard of care to uniforms
To have knowledge of safeguarding children
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum NVQ level 3 in Early Years
- Grade C or above in English and Maths
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Early Years Foundation Stage
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with children aged 4 months to five years in a childcare setting, with knowledge of the EYFS
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Roberts
- Job title
- Tiny Tugs Day Nursery Manager
- Email address
- joanne.roberts3@nhs.net
- Additional information
Joanne Roberts
Tiny Tugs Day Nursery Manager
joanne.roberts3@nhs.net
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