Early Years Educator

Go back Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 January 2026

Our nursery provides childcare provision only to colleagues working at the Royal Devon.

Its set on our Wonford site in a purpose built, spacious building and generous outdoor spaces a perfect setting for fun, play, and learning! Which is reflected in our Ofsted Outstanding Provider rating and the happy children who attend from 3 months to 5 years old.

Our mission is to ensure that childrens wellbeing and development is central to all that we do.

We promote learning in a fun, stimulating, language-rich environment, nurtured through play and meaningful interactions; following childrens interests to motivate and inspire them to become active learners.

We recognise the importance of the roles that our parents have in supporting the NHS,so it is important to us that our parents can attend their place of work, knowing that their child’s individual needs are met, and that they are being cared and supported to learn and develop to meet their full potential, in a way that is unique to them.

We care for up to 129 children a day in

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

As a Room Lead, Early Years Educator, you’ll use your creative flare and organisation skills to support your team to deliver a brilliant programme of fun, inclusive, learning activities for the children around their interests and care needs.

Drawing upon your knowledge of the Foundation Stage curriculum to develop the skills of the team within your room. You’ll encourage the use of our fantastic outdoor spaces to benefit the children by experiencing different environments and developing their sense of the world and themselves.

The working day is extremely rewarding and involves both child and adult led learning opportunities with the children. Examples of these activities including sharing stories, dressing up, messy play, games, and above all, instilling a sense of fun!

• Be part of the team that creates a nurturing environment and delivers high standards of care and education
• Plan, implement, and evaluate activities to support the care and development of children attending our nursery
• Regularly update records regarding children’s progress and care, feeding back to parents/carers
• Encourage best practices and the development of staff knowledge and skills
• Ensure safeguarding standards are maintained
• Support to all other Childcare Services provision as required

About you

We love to hear from experienced, organised, and passionate qualified Early Years Educators, looking to progress or already in a Room Lead role.

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