Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 15 July 2025

Job summary

Are you a qualified Nursery Nurse and looking for flexible working ?

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Nurseries is looking for flexible Nursery Nurses to working within our three nurseries in Brighton, Hove and Crawley.

Main duties of the job

To support the Nursery Management team
To assist in the daily operation of the playroom for the assigned agegroup.
To support other Nursery nurses in their daily duties.
To work in partnership with parents and outside organisations.
Provide high-quality physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children at the nursery and contribute to service development

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

150-DD1631-CC-B

Job locations

SCFT Nurseries

Hove

BN3 7HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

a)Communicate with external organisations, agencies, childcare professionals, OFSTED, and parents using various methods, both verbal and electronic, and report back to the Nursery Management Team.

b)Communicate effectively with all staff members on various subjects.

c)To attend meetings when applicable.

d)To be able to interact with all children at their level.

3. Main tasks

a)Collaborate within a team, offering leadership, support, and delegation to all staff in the designated age group.

4. Main responsibilities

a)To be a representative of the nursery, and SCFT always.

b)To work as part of a team.

c)To maintain the standards of the nursery in conjunction with SCFT and Nursery policies and procedures.

d)To maintain the standards of the nursery with full regard to the Welfare Requirements as stated in the Early years foundation stage.

e)To ensure Health and Safety is consistently upheld in the designated playroom, nursery, and hospital premises.

a)To work with the Nursery Management team and Estates Department to promptly address building and maintenance needs for safety, by reporting required works to the management team in the assigned playroom.

b)To undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery.

Childcare

a)To work with all age groups in the nursery as required.

To provide an engaging curriculum of activities appropriate for the children in the Nursery, aligned with Ofsted requirements and tailored to each child's individual learning needs.

b)To ensure the inclusion of all children.

c)To have a good knowledge of child development, child legislation, Early Years Foundation stage, and to keep abreast of current trends in early years care.

Parents

a)To support and attend parents evenings and Parent Nursery Group meetings, when required.

b)To liaise with and support parents, carers, and family members during their child's nursery attendance, aiding the childs learning and development, while ensuring the allocated playroom team member does the same.

Administrative duties

a)All team members must record and report any accidents or incidents involving children or staff in the playroom at any time, including outside Nursery hours, to the Nursery Management Team.

b)To ensure a risk assessment for activities undertaken within the allocated playroom and nursery premises.

c)In the absence of any team members in the allocated playroom, make sure all children observations and next steps are covered.

d)Report to the Nursery management team any child reportable sickness.

e)To undertake training as required and to become involved in special projects as appropriate.

f)To support the development of the nursery teams within the allocated playroom.

g)To report to the Nursery management team any conversations or messaging from parents with regards to any finance dealings.

h)To promote good staff relations, support, maintain an efficient working team and effective communication within the nursery and the allocated playroom.

i)To attend team meetings inside and outside working hours and help write the agenda.

j)To support Trainee Nursery Nurses, students and other unqualified workers while in the nursery.

k)Identify and meet own and others training needs within the allocated playroom.

l)To support the Management Team in completing nursery inductions with all new staff, visitors and students. Including policies and procedures, health and safety, routines etc.