Job summary
- Main area
- Childcare
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 323-ACS2094-JN
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Peter's Hospital
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £27,106 - £28,850 pa inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Early Years Practitioner, First Steps Nursery (St. Peter's)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
The postholder will be a Key worker to a designated group of children participating in their supervision, enabling them to thrive by providing a stimulating, caring and learning environment in which children of all ages may develop. Enabling you to give positive feedback to parents about their children’s development.
Main duties of the job
1. To have made an effective contribution to reaching the Trust’s vision, strategic objectives and key work programmes.
2. Sustain and develop good practice within the Nursery by sharing a responsibility in offering a stimulating environment for the children in your care, by ensuring a contribution of ideas, covering The New Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) ensuring that a child can develop to the appropriate age and stage of development.
3. To maintain up to date records by recording observations, Assessments and the individual child’s planning in accordance with the EYFS.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,00 people and employing approximately 4,800 staff.
Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and best outcomes for patients and the team. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to deliver our workforce plan.
We are part of a collaborative Group with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. As part of this partnership, colleagues may occasionally work across both organisations to support shared services, development opportunities and patient care.
St Peter’s Hospital delivers complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Day and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and outpatient services are delivered at Ashford Hospital. Additional services are delivered at Woking Community Hospital.
Our Values provide us with the behaviours we respect and can commit to. By living our values through our everyday interactions, we can build a stronger, more resilient, and forward- thinking organisation, guiding us to achieve success and make a positive impact on how we deliver our services.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
Please note that adverts may close early, so early application is encouraged.
For more information about careers at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Overview of Responsibilities
1. To be aware of and act appropriately on Trust Safeguarding Children Polices and Procedures.
2. Under the direction of the Advanced Early Years Practitioner assist in the day to day running of the nursery in accordance with all Trust and Nursery policies and procedures.
3. Sustain and develop good practice within the nursery, by sharing responsibility in offering a stimulating environment for the children in your care by ensuring a contribution of ideas covering The New Early Yearly Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) ensuring that a child can develop to the appropriate age and stage of development. Through observations on your key children produce individual short and medium term development plans.
4. As a key worker to a designated group of children be responsible for the documentation of the children’s Learning Journeys, enabling you to provide positive feedback to parents.
5. Engage in all physical aspects of the children’s health, well-being, care and play i.e. lifting, running, bending sitting on the floor.
6. Develop links with parents and encourage parental participation within the nursery. Be understanding and receptive to parent’s wishes. Offer encouragement and advice when appropriate.
7. Be aware of the confidential aspects of work, treating all confidential information relating to the children, parents, staff and professional contacts in a manner which will protect the individual.
8. Promote within the nursery Equal Opportunities, being sensitive to the children’s cultural and socio economical backgrounds, gender, disability or language capabilities.
9. Follow all guidelines with regards to maintaining the high standards of health and safety within the nursery. Promote the children’s own awareness by being a positive role model for them to emulate. Follow appropriate Food Hygiene Guidelines when serving and preparing food. Ensure the children’s environment is kept, clean, safe and tidy.
10. Follow all guidelines with regards to the administration of medication as well as the daily health and safety checks made within the nursery.
11. Attend regular team meetings and annual staff training to maintain all annual statutory training including Safeguarding Children and Adults, Information Governance, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Equal Opportunities, Hand Hygiene and Fire Training.
12. Contribute any additional skills and competencies that are appropriate with the role and agreed with the Assistant Childcare Manager.
13. To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • National Nursery Examination Board Certificate(NNEB)
- • NVQ3 in Childcare and Education or NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- • Recent Paediatric 12 hr First Aid Qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience working with children 3 months – 5 years.
- • The writing and keeping of the children’s development records.
Desirable criteria
- •• Ability to provide an appropriate learning environment. Contributing to providing activity ideas within the team in which you work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Kelly Chester
- Job title
- Assistant Childcare Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01932 722192
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