Assistant Childcare Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for an "Outstanding" Childcare Practitioner to join our friendly team at the Charing Cross Day Nursery. The nursery is registered for 50 children between the ages 6 months to 5 years and opens from 7.15am - 6.00pm daily, 52 weeks of the year.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre and brings together world-class research, teaching, and clinical services. The AHSC has in excess of 9,700 staff and a budget of £950 million. The trust is dedicated to improving health outcomes by delivering the highest quality integrated healthcare, research, and service provision.

The Trust provides a Day Nursery at the Charing Cross Hospital; this is mainly used by the staff but is also available to the general public and the local community. The Charing Cross Day Nursery site is managed by the Resourcing Service of the Directorate of People & OD.

Have you got the skills needed to inspire and enrich a young child's life, creating foundations that will guide them through their whole life? Use this opportunity to show how passionate you are about childcare and demonstrate this in a positive and welcoming environment. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking, dedicated Assistant Childcare Practitioner to join our team for a substantive contract.

Main duties of the job

• To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children in the setting, ensuring child protection policies and procedures are observed at all times, escalating to the nursery manager and/or the designated safeguarding lead if in doubt.
• To assist the childcare practitioners in providing a safe, learning and stimulating environment for children's growth in accordance with EYFS and OFSTED regulations.
• To assist and contribute with planning of activities suitable to the age range of children that provide an excellent quality of care and education that takes into account individual background and varied cultural needs
• Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure a member of the management team has initialled the report before the parent receives it

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.

Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We welcome discussions about flexible working and encourage a range of flexible working opportunities wherever we can.

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Charing Cross Hospital

London

W6 8RF

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Charing Cross Hospital

London

W6 8RF

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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