Level 3 Qualified Nursery Nurse

Nurse Seekers is proud to be recruiting a Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner and Room Leader on behalf of a private Nursery based in Dorchester. The successful candidate must be able to work as an effective member of an early year s team contributing to the education and care of children from ages 3 months.

Key Responsibilities

• To plan as part of a team and implement a curriculum programme, meeting the needs of individual children, supporting and enabling their learning.
• To support Keyworkers to observe, record, assess and report individual children's progress in accordance with policy and procedures.
• To be involved in the delivery of an effective early year s service, participating in relevant teams as necessary.
• Keep abreast of early years local and national developments.
• To support children s well-being meeting the needs of the individual child in accordance with our duty of care.
• Support and challenge children s learning, through stimulating and purposeful learning situations indoors and outdoors to help children develop skills in the Prime and Specific Areas of Learning for children up to the age of five.
• Organise the learning environment to best enable children s learning and encourage and extend children's questions and investigations (displays, artefacts/resources, furniture, etc).
• Encourage the emotional, social, physical, creative and intellectual development of the children.
• Contribute to the warm, supportive and caring environment for all children.
• Welcome children and parents, as part of induction and help with liaison at transition.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours - individually negotiated
• Paid break during day
• 28 days plus half a day per year worked holiday per year, including Bank Holidays, rises each full year at April up to 30 days
• Full induction training
• A commitment to fully funded CPD - incl. Food Hygiene, First Aid, Health & Safety, Child Protection, Equal Opportunities, etc, - all provided free of charge for all staff
• Full/Part Funded Qualifications by agreement with real opportunities for career progression
• DBS checks paid by Sunny Days
• Length of Service Rewards
• Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme
• Hot staff lunch provided when on duty
• 50% childcare discount
• Free Flu Jab
• Uniform polo, fleece & jacket - all provided free of charge for all staff
• Sick Pay Scheme eligible after one years service
• Refer a New Recruit Scheme

If this sounds like the type of vacancy you feel you have been looking for, then apply today! Alternatively send your most up-to-date CV to (url removed)