Nursery Nurse Level 3

at  Aspire Day Nursery

Job Description
Qualifications:NVQ3
Responsible to: Registered Person, Nursery Manager, Deputy/Senior Nursery Nurse
Main Objectives:
To work as a member of a caring team who are responsible for providing expert care, fun and learning in a safe stimulating environment for 0-8 year olds. To ensure that all individual children are respected and receive equal opportunities, to play and learn appropriately to their development.

Tasks and Duties:

• To assist with, plan, prepare, contribute and carry out all planning based on Birth to Three Matters and the Foundation Phase. To implement all relevant themes, topics and projects within the relevant timescales.
• To carry out observations on the children and observation based planning for the children, to ensure all children receive the opportunity to progress at their own level of development.
• To ensure all daily routines are adhered to and records kept up to date-sleep charts, daily intake charts, cleaning charts etc.
• To settle in new children liasing with parents and offering advice and support where necessary.
• To supervise and help children at mealtime, encouraging a relaxed social atmosphere and environment.
• To supervise staff, work within a team and maintain good communication with other team members, visitors, children and parents.
• To display children’s work for all parent and children to see according to themes and other relevant topics.
• To attend staff meetings, assist with fund raising and any other events necessary.
• To follow instructions as well as working on your own initiate to maintain a consistent high standard caring environment.
• To be aware of confidences and to be professional at all times while at work and while in the uniform.
• To supervise students and volunteers
• To maintain the nursery environment, including cleaning and other such tasks as necessary to the efficient running of the nursery.
• To have a working knowledge of CIW requirements, regulations and the national standards.
• To know, follow and ensure all policies and procedures are adhere to.
• To maintain appropriate First Aid and Food Hygiene certificates.
• To prepare and serve food and drinks to the children ensuring you have food hygiene training and adhere to standards of food hygiene safety.
• To take and collect children from school using own transport with appropriate insurance, taxi, public transport or on foot as appropriate.
• To promote equal opportunities at all time through activities, events, festivals, actions, play, eating environments etc.
• To take reasonable care of yourself and others and to comply with all health and safety rules.

To carry out any other duties as required and requested by the Registered Person, Manager or Deputy/Senior Nursery Nurse
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20-35 per week
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £8.49-£12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Swansea: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)

Experience:

• Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
• Nursery experience: 1 year (preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
• Management: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In perso

• To assist with, plan, prepare, contribute and carry out all planning based on Birth to Three Matters and the Foundation Phase. To implement all relevant themes, topics and projects within the relevant timescales.
• To carry out observations on the children and observation based planning for the children, to ensure all children receive the opportunity to progress at their own level of development.
• To ensure all daily routines are adhered to and records kept up to date-sleep charts, daily intake charts, cleaning charts etc.
• To settle in new children liasing with parents and offering advice and support where necessary.
• To supervise and help children at mealtime, encouraging a relaxed social atmosphere and environment.
• To supervise staff, work within a team and maintain good communication with other team members, visitors, children and parents.
• To display children’s work for all parent and children to see according to themes and other relevant topics.
• To attend staff meetings, assist with fund raising and any other events necessary.
• To follow instructions as well as working on your own initiate to maintain a consistent high standard caring environment.
• To be aware of confidences and to be professional at all times while at work and while in the uniform.
• To supervise students and volunteers
• To maintain the nursery environment, including cleaning and other such tasks as necessary to the efficient running of the nursery.
• To have a working knowledge of CIW requirements, regulations and the national standards.
• To know, follow and ensure all policies and procedures are adhere to.
• To maintain appropriate First Aid and Food Hygiene certificates.
• To prepare and serve food and drinks to the children ensuring you have food hygiene training and adhere to standards of food hygiene safety.
• To take and collect children from school using own transport with appropriate insurance, taxi, public transport or on foot as appropriate.
• To promote equal opportunities at all time through activities, events, festivals, actions, play, eating environments etc.
• To take reasonable care of yourself and others and to comply with all health and safety rules