Nursery Nurse Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Nursery Nurse to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure internal policies and procedures are adhered whilst also meeting the external legislation and guidelines from our governing bodies;
- Distributing warm hugs where required;
- Playing with the children and interacting;
- To plan, prepare and review the curriculum with your team reflective of the EYFS;
- Ensure confidentiality at all times;
- Developing bonds with key children and supporting colleagues when it is most required;
- Working to the settings policies and procedures;
- Following the EYFS curriculum;
- Tailoring best practice and routines to ensure that the individual needs of each child are able to be met throughout the day;
- Help children to learn numeracy skills through activities like counting games;
- To work with EYFS curriculum and ensuring delivery of learning opportunities in a fun and caring environment;
- Safeguard children at all times;
- Light cleaning duties and helping to prepare snacks;
- Supporting children at meal times and with personal care;
- General cleaning.
Requirements:
- Genuine desire and passion for ongoing learning and development;
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal;
- Have experience working with children in a childcare setting;
- Child Protection;
- Good interaction skills with both children, parents and careers;
- ASAP starts;
- Experience in an early years setting would be advantageous or experience working in a childcare setting either in schools or care;
- Passionate about child care and development especially for children under the age of 5;
- Full and relevant Level 2/3 Childcare Qualification (Or Equivalent);
- Full understanding of safe guarding;
- First Aid Certificate (preferred – but will train);
- NVQ Level 3 Childcare qualification or equivalent;
- Reliable;
- Experience of working within the Early Years sector;
- A passion for working with and supporting children.