About this role
Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Are you kind, caring and lots of fun? We are looking for special candidates who love children and want to make working with them their career.
This is a great opportunity to work with a friendly and knowledgeable team learning to provide high standards of care and education to children aged 3 months- 5 years old, and completing an Early Years Apprenticeship.
Taplins operates two purpose built day nurseries supporting our local NHS staff, and being part of the UHS family means you'll have access to lots of great benefits such as generous holiday allowance, and a discount scheme.
We're open Monday- Friday from 7am to 6.30pm so you'll work a variety of shifts within this time. We look after up to 52 children a day in our purpose built nursery with generous outdoor space, and have a great reputation for developing supportive relationships with the children and families who attend.
About us
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we're committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Youll work with experienced members of our nursery team learning to care for small groups of children.
Youll learn to promote each childs development and have lots of fun doing this! Reading stories, giving cuddles, pretending to have tea parties, finding bugs in the garden, painting and lots more!
Youll complete an Early Years Apprenticeship course giving you a great qualification to start your career.
What were looking forYoull need to be calm, kind and caring, and have an enthusiastic approach to working with children and their families.
Youll need to be committed and reliable.
We are a busy service and team working is essential to meet each childs needs, so youll need to be ready to work closely with others.
Youll need to be prepared to work hard to learn both in nursery and in your college course- always improving ourselves and our nursery is very important to us.
If this is you, wed love to meet you!
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience Essential
Good standard of secondary education with literacy and numeracy skills demonstrable to GCSE pass level or equivalent standard Willingness and ability to undertake Level 3 Qualification in Early Years and Childcare Willingness and ability to undertake Food Safety training Demonstrates enthusiastic approach to working with children and learning practically within nursery Able to provide relevant activity ideas and ability to care for children
Desirable
Current paediatric and/or first aid at work certificate Current food hygiene certificate Recent previous experiences of working with 3 months - 5-year-olds within a childcare setting.
Trust Values and Behaviours Essential
Patients First Always Improving Working Together
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.
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Employer details Employer name University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Address HR Trust Taplins
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
Employer's website https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)