Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nursery Practitioner

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About the Role
Due to expansion, we’re looking for 2 full-time Level 3-qualified Nursery Practitioners to join our fantastic Sunshine Day Nursery teams at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire hospital.
About Us
Offering year-round childcare to NHS and hospital staff, each site cares for up to 144 children and features dedicated baby, toddler, and pre-school units, extended opening hours (6.30am to 7pm), alongside a school holiday club at the Northern General.
We pride ourselves on giving children the best start in life, and our great staff are committed to giving children a fun, social, stimulating, and safe environment for them to develop and thrive.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for preparing and organising a wide range of learning activities and resources for the children.
- Maintaining good communication and relationships with parents.
- To support the Senior Nursery Practitioner in ensuring an excellent quality service and to be a good role model and support Childcare Assistants, Apprentices, and Students with their development and practice.
- To be responsible for providing an interesting and stimulating environment which is well organised and facilitates independence and resourcefulness for the children.
- To ensure the development of good quality learning opportunities and activities, inside and outside which provide an interesting, inclusive and stimulating environment.
- Providing excellent care and educational opportunities for the children within your care.
- To ensure the organisation, preparation, and collection of resources in the nursery in a timely manner.
- Planning and implementing activities and experiences which are appropriate for children of all ages and stages of development using the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and Ofsted guidelines.
- Preparing children’s work for display, ensuring that it is well presented and promotes self-esteem.
- Providing information displays for parents and carers.
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You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.


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Sunshine Day Nurseries are part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Staff training and development is really important to us, and we offer the chance to do further childcare qualifications and progression towards childcare coordinator roles, as well as a variety of regular in-house and external courses.
Visa Sponsorship
We regret that having reviewed this post, it does not meet the legal requirements to qualify for skilled worker visa sponsorship and, therefore, any applicants for this post must have the legal right to work in the UK with no restrictions or another form of visa. We will not be able to progress any applications from individuals who do not confirm that they have that right in their application.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Hazel Nodder
- Job title: Childcare Services Manager
- Email address: hazel.nodder@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0114 2266066
Have any questions or want to find out more? Feel free to get in touch via the details below for an informal chat, or to arrange a visit to see our nurseries for yourself.
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