• Job Description

  Req#: C9432-25-0846?language=en&page=573&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Hunnitots Day Nursery at Ipswich Hospital are looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join the nursery team to provide care for children aged 4 months to 5 yrs.

  Hunnitots Day Nursery, based at Ipswich Hospital has approximately 70 and 80 children booked in each day. Parents have a choice of in excess of 10 different sessions within the hours of 7 am to 6 pm. The choice provided aims to accommodate the variety of staff working patterns at Ipswich Hospital (part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust).

  We are looking for someone with excellent communication and listening skills to plan the day and respond to the different needs of the children we teach.

  You will be enthusiastic and well organised, and have a Childcare qualification at level 2 or level 3.

  Main duties of the job

  • To care for the physical and emotional needs of each child, showing an understanding of children's needs in the early years.
  • To help create a happy and loving atmosphere in which each child can develop as an individual, through play and learning life skills.
  • To create and develop a stimulating environment to meet the needs of individual children, being aware of the needs of different age groups in line with The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).

  About us

  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

  We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

  We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

  Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

  Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

  We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

  If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

  Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

  Details

  Date posted

  27 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  432-HR414-25

  Job locations

  Ipswich Hospital

  Ipswich

  IP4 5PD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For full details of theresponsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For full details of theresponsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NNEB/ BTEC or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  • Food Hygiene Certificate
  • Child Safeguarding Training

  Desirable

  • First Aid training
  • SENCO training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children aged 4 months to 5 years of age

  Desirable

  • Have experience of working in day care setting

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Child development
  • Planning for individual children
  • Group activities
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values

  Desirable

  • Understand child's SENCO needs
  • Understanding of the EYFS curriculum

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NNEB/ BTEC or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  • Food Hygiene Certificate
  • Child Safeguarding Training

  Desirable

  • First Aid training
  • SENCO training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children aged 4 months to 5 years of age

  Desirable

  • Have experience of working in day care setting

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Child development
  • Planning for individual children
  • Group activities
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values

  Desirable

  • Understand child's SENCO needs
  • Understanding of the EYFS curriculum

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Ipswich Hospital

  Ipswich

  IP4 5PD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Ipswich Hospital

  Ipswich

  IP4 5PD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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