Qualified Nursery Nurse

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of children in our NHS workplace nurseries and support our NHS working families?

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust operates 3 workplace nurseries, providing high-quality, compassionate care for children aged 0 to 5 years.

Our nurseries are vital hubs, primarily supporting the dedicated NHS staff to enable them to go to work, while we look after their children.

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Nursery Nurse to join the committed team at Butterfly Nursery in the Hove Polyclinic site.

This isn't just a job--it's a chance to be a key pillar of support for working parents and a direct influencer on a child's critical developmental years.

Please note:
Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the  website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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Main duties of this role:

• To support the Nursery Management team
• To assist in the daily operation of the playroom for the assigned age group.
• To support other Nursery nurses in their daily duties.
• To work in partnership with parents and outside organisations.
• Provide high-quality physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children at the nursery and contribute to service development

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values -
- Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence -- guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Communication and working relationships

a) Communicate with external organisations, agencies, childcare professionals, OFSTED, and parents using various methods, both verbal and electronic, and report back to the Nursery Management Team.

b) Communicate effectively with all staff members on various subjects.

c) To attend meetings when applicable.

d) To be able to interact with all children at their level.

Collaborate within a team, offering leadership, support, and delegation to all staff in the designated age group.

4. Main responsibilities

a) To be a representative of the nursery, and SCFT always.

b) To work as part of a team.

c) To maintain the standards of the nursery in conjunction with SCFT and Nursery policies and procedures.

d) To maintain the standards of the nursery with full regard to the Welfare Requirements as stated in the Early years foundation stage.

e) To ensure Health and Safety is consistently upheld in the designated playroom, nursery, and hospital premises.

a) To work with the Nursery Management team and Estates Department to promptly address building and maintenance needs for safety, by reporting required works to the management team in the assigned playroom.

b) To undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery.

a) To work with all age groups in the nursery as required.

To provide an engaging curriculum of activities appropriate for the children in the Nursery, aligned with Ofsted requirements and tailored to each child's individual learning needs.

b) To ensure the inclusion of all children.

c) To have a good knowledge of child development, child legislation, Early Years Foundation stage, and to keep abreast of current trends in early years care.

Parents

a) To support and attend parents evenings and Parent Nursery Group meetings, when required.

b) To liaise with and support parents, carers, and family members during their…