Job overview

Early Years Foundation Stage Lead - Nursery

Division: HR & OD

Care Group: Corporate

Band: 4                                

Salary:  £28,392 - £31,157 per annum

Interview date: Wednesday 8^th July

We are looking for a qualified, experienced and dedicated Early Years Foundation Stage Lead to join our friendly yet professional team. If you are passionate about providing exceptional care to children and motivated to lead and deliver an ambitious curriculum of learning then we would love to hear from you.

Tiny Tugs Medway NHS Foundation Trust Day Nursery cares for children aged 6 months to 5 years in a purpose-built day nursery setting located conveniently on the hospital site for Trust employees. An exciting opportunity to offer a highly motivated individual with previous experience at senior nursery practitioner level who is looking to further their leadership skills and knowledge and join our well-established team of dedicated early years professionals, who take an holistic approach to learning and place every child at the centre of what they do to achieve the best outcomes.

Main duties of the job

To deputise the nursery in the absence of the nursery manager and or deputy ensuring that adult to child ratios are maintained at or above Ofsted guidelines and that there are sufficient qualified staff on duty at all times to provide care for children in the day nursery.

The post holder will participate in effective day to day service delivery, which includes staffing rotation, planning staff breaks and ensuring adequate resources such as laundry, milk, and catering supplies.

To keep up to date with current developments, initiatives and practices in teaching and learning for children in the early years.

To work alongside the manager and deputy in implementing policies and procedures and the standards that schools and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years as set out in the Early years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework.

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

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.