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Job summary

Main area
Day Nursery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 23.25 hours per week
Job ref
423-7403079
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Steeton
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/09/2025 23:59

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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust logo

Nursery Practitioner Room Leader (Band 4)

NHS AfC: Band 4

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

 

Please read the  attached AI statement prior to submitting any application 

 

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, organised and enthusiastic room leader to join our friendly team.

The candidate should have a minimum of a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education. 

A good knowledge and understanding of the EYFS.

A passion for childcare and a commitment to children's safety, well being and development.  

An upbeat and positive personality and a desire to be part of a strong team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.

The ability to build and maintain strong partnerships with parents. 

THIS VACANCY IS FOR 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK

In return for all of your hard work we offer the following-

Good pension scheme

Generous Holiday entitlement

Access to Employee Health and well being   services/ Free Flu jab.

Team events including days out and colleague recognition. 

On site parking

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

  • To have day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the room, ensuring that staff are deployed appropriately, and their planning reflects each individual child’s needs. To oversee and support staff in recording children’s observations and termly reports on Childcare Connect, in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. 
  • Ensure the effective implementation of key person procedures within their rooms and to be a key person carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with a small group of children and their families.
  • Support and supervise room staff including apprentices and students with their day to day duties.

Working for our organisation

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Cache Level 3 or above in Childcare
Desirable criteria
  • Willing to undertake further studies to attain a higher relevant qualification
  • Basic Food Hygiene Current Paediatric First Aid Certificate Safeguarding
  • Current Paediatric First Aid Certificate
  • Safeguarding

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous post qualifying experience of working with babies/children 0–48 months in a day nursery setting
  • Previous experience of leading a team or experience of being the lead person
Desirable criteria
  • Supervising students.
  • Safeguarding
  • Ofsted inspections

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An excellent knowledge & understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
  • An understanding of Ofsted requirements
Desirable criteria
  • A sound knowledge of the ages & stages of development for babies/children aged 0-48 months.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Yates
Job title
Childcare Provision Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 294092
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