Nursery Assistant

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The closing date is 27 January 2026

Nursery Assistant - University Hospital Wales

Key responsibilities include:

• To act as an assistant key worker to named children, carrying out observations and adding to developmental reports for each child and liaising with parents regularly.
• Working in partnership with the team to assist and with the parents always acting as a positive and professional role model with colleagues and with the children.

To be considered for the role you will be:

• You will need to have a minimum Childcare Day Care Level 2 qualification and experience of a Nursery Assistant role in a busy nursery environment covering the age range 3 months - 5 years, together with excellent knowledge of the child development and current practices.
• This role will involve working varying shifts between the hours of Monday and Friday from 7.00am 6:00pm so flexibility is required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

This post is fixed term for 6 months to meet the needs of the service.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

• Combined Values

• Level 2 in numeracy
• Level 2 in literacy

• Good written and verbal communication
• Ability to follow instruction and to work under own imitative as necessary
• Ability to adapt to meet the needs of the service within a team environment
• Ability to work varying shifts between the hours of 7:00am - 6:00pm Monday to Friday
• Attendance at staff meetings outside normal hours

• Paediatric First Aid
• Food H&H
• Safeguarding

• Demonstrate post qualification experience in a day care setting with children aged three months to five years.
• Experience of contributing towards daily planning and assisting in the undertaking of observations
• Basic knowledge of child care development and an awareness of children's needs
• An awareness of the Curriculum for Wales

• Level 2 Childcare and Education Qualifcation

• Experience in a Day care setting

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.