Early Years Professional (XR05)

Job summary

This is a part time post total 18.75hrs a week

Are you passionate about working in childcare and committed to improving outcomes for young children in your care?

At the LTHT nurseries you will be joining a dedicated, supportive team providing quality childcare predominantly to Leeds NHS employees.

We provide care for around 129 preschool children across two Leeds-based settings, MondayFriday from 7am 6pm all year round (excluding Bank Holidays). Each setting is unique and we celebrate the differences and experiences our employees bring to us.

The Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust is one of the largest Trusts in England. By joining our team you will become part of the Leeds family and have access to the full benefits of a Trust Employee including:

27 Holidays per year (pro rata) plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days.

Access to family and carer friendly policies including enhanced maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave, flexible working, Carers passports.

Dedicated wellbeing packages including team Health and wellbeing champions and mental health first aiders.

Discounted childcare

NHS pension scheme

Access to Trust benefits such as Car Lease, Childcare and bike to work schemes.

Competitive salary

Favourable terms and conditions

Access to ongoing training and development

Access to NHS employee discounts across many services in the UK including supermarkets, restaurants, holidays, travel, gyms and sports services, plus many more.

Main duties of the job

Take the lead and support the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage and ensure the service complies with relevant legislation, policy and procedures set by Ofsted and the Trust.

To support and mentor other practitioners in their skills and behaviours whilst safeguarding and promoting good outcomes for the children.

Supervise the nursery team to promote excellence at all times.

to lead in planning, implementing and evaluating play using Early Years Foundation Stage

Working in partnership to provide individual support to children and their families through recording developmental milestones.

develop and record play and care plans for the individual child

to take the lead in behavioural issues and Special Educational Needs of the setting in particular organize initial meetings with parents, writing and implementing Individual Education Plans, meeting with multi agencies and leading the meetings on behalf of the nursery setting for the childs individual needs. To attend regular case/review meetings for each individual child.

to develop networks both in-house and external with other EYPs to benchmark and share good practice.

Maintain effective communication strategies to promote partnership with parents across the service whilst actively supporting the development of childrens language and communication skills, delivering important information to parents whether about their childs development or more emotional bound issues.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, we provide a range of Estates & Facilities management services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients, or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Expected Shortlisting Date

26/03/2026

Planned Interview Date

01/04/2026

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

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

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