Supply Nursery Nurse in Bangor

The Supply Nursery Nurse will be working as part of a key worker team for the daily needs of children between the ages of birth to five years and to give support to other personnel within the setting.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To operate a programme of activities suitable to the age range of children in your area in conjunction with other staff.
• To support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
• To work with parents/carers of special needs children to give full integration in the setting.
• To keep a proper record of achievement file on your key children for parents/carers.
• To liaise and support parents/carers and other family members.
• To be involved with in and out of working hours activities e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, fundraising activities etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting.
• To be prepared to help where needed including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the setting.
• To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the philosophy behind the project is fulfilled.
• To record accidents in the accident book ensuring the manager has initialised the report before the parent receives it.
• To look upon the setting as a whole where your help can be most utilised.
• Constantly be aware of the needs of the children to ensure every child is collected by someone known to the setting.
• To respect the confidentiality of information received.
• To develop your role within the team especially with regard to the key worker position.

Specific childcare tasks:

• Preparation and completion of activities to suit the child’s stage of development.
• To ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
• To ensure the washing and changing of children as required.
• To provide comfort and warmth to an ill child.
• To ensure the setting is of a high quality environment in order to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures, religious backgrounds and varying stages of development.
• To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times.
• To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace ensuring that the settings policies and procedures are observed at all times.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• To be prepared to undertake other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the senior nursery nurse/manager.
• The post holder will be expected to participate in performance review and developmental activities.
• The post holder will be expected to comply with the University equal opportunities policies, Dignity at Work and Study Policy and the University’s Welsh Language Policy and the Welsh Language Standards.
• The post holder has a general and legal duty of care in relation to health, safety and wellbeing and must take all reasonable steps to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for themselves and for other members of staff, students and visitors affected by their actions or inactions.
• The post holder is also required to comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and risk assessments.
• The post holder must comply with relevant legal and financial policies and procedures and be aware of their responsibilities in terms of the legal requirements of their post.

Person Specification:

Qualifications/Training:

• Essential: Level 2 in childcare qualification and willing to work towards level 3.
• Desirable: Safeguarding certificate, First aid certificate, Food hygiene certificate.

Experience/Knowledge:

• Essential: Previous experience of caring for/or working with children ages from birth to five years old in a voluntary or paid capacity.
• Knowledge of the national standards for the regulation of childcare provision.
• An awareness of and some understanding of the importance of health and safety and food hygiene in the workplace.
• Desirable: An understanding of the foundation phase curriculum.

Skills/Abilities:

• Essential: Good organisational record and planning skills.
• Good communication skills with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers.
• Patience, empathy with children and adults.
• A positive approach to inclusive practice with children and colleagues.
• Enthusiasm with working with young children.
• Desirable: Able to work in small teams.

Other:

• Essential: A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through team work and training opportunities.
• A commitment to the provision of high quality childcare.
• To be prepared to undertake other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the senior nursery nurse/manager.
• This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
• Desirable: Interest in the care, learning and development of young children, The ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

General:

• We are a member of Advance HE's Athena SWAN Gender Equality charter and hold a Silver award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University's policies, practices, and culture.
• We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
• All members of staff have a duty to ensure their actions are in line with the overall environmental aims of the University and minimise their environmental impact.
• All offers are made subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of satisfactory references.

Disclosure & Barring Service:

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. As Bangor University meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. DBS checks will be updated every 3 years.