Nursery Nurse
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £18825 – £26000/annum DOE
Position: Nursery Nurse
Salary Banding: £18,825 – £26,000 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)
Hours: Full Time/ Permanent / Mon-Fri / 40 hours
Location: Bristol Day and Preschool Nursery, Bristol
Our Bright Horizons Bristol Day Nursery is currently recruiting for qualified level 3 Nursery Nurse to join their amazing team!
This is a full time position working 40 hours per week across Monday-Friday.
As a Nursery Nurse working with us, you can expect a competitive hourly pay rate, excellent training and development as well as a caring and passionate place to work.
Purpose of Role:
This role will be key delivering high quality engagement with children supporting there developmental needs, whilst ensuring the highest levels of supervision is maintained. You must maintain our Keeping Everyone Safe policies and procedures and continuously demonstrate and adhere to safe working practices.
With your expert knowledge of the regulatory requirements, you will complete observation and assessment standards Bright Beginnings, Bright Horizons curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach. Working in partnership with parents to complete the observation and planning process meeting the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework. Working to ensure service excellence for our current and prospective customers. This includes role modelling behaviour in line our HEART principles and Bright Promise to deliver exceptional care and education.
In addition, this role will work with the room leader together with Early Childhood Specialists to drive continuous improvement and embed inspirational early years pedagogy of the highest standard and secure regulatory compliance with better than National Average inspection outcomes in the UK.
You will support in sharing and articulating the attributes of the Bright Horizons brand, securing Bright Horizons as the provider of choice for families, corporate clients, and employees.
You will support to sharing and articulating the attributes of the Bright Horizons brand, securing Bright Horizons as the provider of choice for families, corporate clients, and employees.
Responsible for:
* Completing accurate and effective assessments, which reflect the needs, interests and stages of development of the child by effective delivery of the key person approach.
* Promote and follow guidelines implemented for managing behaviour and supporting children to manage their own feelings.
* Ensuring effective supervision of children to ensure they remain safe and well in line with regulatory standards.
* You recognise the part your play in ensuring robust procedures are followed for Policies and Procedures and the regulatory standards set by our regulator.
* Delivery of highest quality Early Childhood practice and experiences for all children in the setting, including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability, promoting emotional wellbeing by embedding the Bright Horizons early years curriculum.
* Ensuring you risk assess all areas of the nursery which children would have access to and ensure their play and learning experiences are safe and age appropriate. Lead by example in daily tasks of keeping children safe ie. picking up coats, sweeping sand from the floor.
* Supervise and support in the preparation of meals and mealtimes in line with policies and procedures and ensure high supervision of children is maintained at all times.
* Fulfil their roles, responsibilities and legislation duty in relation to safeguarding children by ensure that they have read understood and implement the Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
* Ensure that they have completed Child Protection training every two years as set out in the Child Protection Policy and that this training impacts on their ability to safeguard the children in their care
* Undertake regular 121 supervision meetings with families’ colleagues and professionals to ensure children within your key person group are meeting their milestones for personal development.
* Take responsibility for own personal and professional development, accessing high level improvement activities that inform general and nursery based on national and international perspectives of ‘best practice’.
* To provide support for your colleagues within the nursery and across the broader business when required.
* Attendance at staff meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous professional development.
Essential Experience:
* Proven experience of working with early years education settings with successful outcomes for children at ‘Good or Outstanding ’ regulatory inspection outcomes
* Working in collaboration with colleagues in achieving positive working relationships through effective communication and the support of all members of the nursery team.
* A strong record of on-going training and/or professional qualifications since qualifying
* Strong decision-maker, with the proven ability to work as part of a team to ensure essential day to day tasks are completed in line with nursery demands ie. Hygiene standards and room preparation.
* Experience of food preparation and the completion of relevant training linked to food management
* Experience of child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures
* Highly motivated and driven, meeting deadlines in relation to children’s record keeping and assessment.
* Current 12hrs Paediatric First Aid Certificate
Experience Desirable:
* Knowledge of Local Authority and Regulatory requirements and inspection processes across the UK
* Working within policies, procedures, and regulatory requirement.
Qualifications:
* Full and relevant level 3 qualification or level 2 qualification (essential)
* 12 hours paediatric first aid (essential)
* Food Hygiene or equivalent training and compliance in food management (this can be completed as part of Induction)
* Relevant safeguarding/child protection training undertaken and a willingness to update training regularly (essential)
* Evidence of continuous professional development
