Overview
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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 years. Hunnitots Day Nursery, based at Ipswich Hospital, has approximately 70 to 80 children booked in each day. Parents have a choice of more than 10 different sessions within the hours of 7 am to 6 pm 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. This is a fixed term/secondment post until 1st February 2026.
Responsibilities
- Care for the physical and emotional needs of each child, showing an understanding of children’s needs in the early years.
- Help create a happy and loving atmosphere in which each child can develop as an individual, through play and learning life skills.
- 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).
Qualifications
- Childcare qualification at level 2 or level 3.
- Excellent communication and listening skills.
- Enthusiastic, well organised, with the ability to plan the day and respond to children’s needs.
About the employer
We are ESNEFT and 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, clinics and patients’ homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We offer a range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Time Matters to everyone: we focus on improving processes to reduce time delays for staff and patients. We are investing in digital transformation with Epic EPR to enhance care and life for staff and patients.
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Job details
- Employment type: Contract
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Job function: Health Care Provider
- Industries: Education
Note: This job posting may include references to other roles and locations that are not part of Candino CA; references to other job postings are informational only.
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