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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Room Leader

Ipswich
Posted 2 days ago
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About the Role

Hunnitots Day Nursery is looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join the nursery team as a Deputy Room Leader, to provide care for children aged 4 months to 5 yrs.

As the Deputy Room Leader, you will work closely with the Senior Nursery Room Leader to ensure that the room runs effectively and efficiently in compliance with the Nursery policies and OFSTED standards. You will take responsibility when the Room Leader is absent and supervise other staff within their room. We are looking for people with excellent communication and listening skills to plan the day and respond to the different needs of the children we teach.

Hunnitots Day Nursery, based at Ipswich Hospital, has approximately 70 and 80 children booked in each day. Parents have a choice of in excess of 10 different sessions within the hours of 7 am to 6 pm. The choice provided aims to accommodate the variety of staff working patterns at the Trust.

If you think this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • To create and develop, with other members of staff, a stimulating environment to meet the needs of the individual child being aware of the requirements of different age groups in line with The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).
  • Plan and supervise stimulating experiences for all children within the room, catering to their individual stage of development.
  • Responsibility for ensuring that all Tapestry observations are completed by each Key Person. Overall responsibility for the updating of children’s information by liaison with parents, carers and staff.
  • Liaise with Senior Nursery Nurse/ Room Leader with any concerns raised about SENCO or Child Protection issues.
  • Liaise with parents/carers of new Key Children during initial room visit, complete relevant children / parent detail forms.
  • Encourage and support staff and student members to establish positive relationships with all members of the Nursery team, children and their families.
  • Keep up to date with the Code of Practice, SENCO objectives and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).
  • To be responsible for students, liaising with their tutors where necessary and supporting the student with their objectives.

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About Us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

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We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Contact Information

For further details / informal visits contact:

  • Name: Victoria Green
  • Job title: Acting Nursery Manager
  • Email address: victoria.green@esneft.nhs.uk
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Skills

Communication Skills
Listening Skills
Planning
Supervision
Child Care
Teamwork
Observation
Child Development
Relationship Building
SENCO Knowledge
EYFS Knowledge
Liaison
Support
Training
Flexibility
Problem Solving

Location

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

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