Specialist Nursery Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary team supporting children with additional needs and their families. These countywide roles involve working closely with families, nurseries, and professionals to assess and support childrens developmental needs. Youll be part of a compassionate and collaborative team committed to delivering outstanding care.

The successful candidates will be based at each of the child development centres South Worcester, Wyre Forest and Scott Atkinson but will need to work flexibly across the county to meet demand. We have a total of 105 hours to offer. A full-time post would be for 37.5 hours (5 days). The minimum number of hours we would consider would be 22.5 hours per week (3 days).

These roles are aimed to work in partnership with the community paediatricians to manage their waiting lists for pre-school children.

Full training and support will be provided, but the successful candidate will be expected to bring extensive prior experience of working with pre-school children with additional needs. You will be line managed by the CDC Co-ordinator and work in partnership with a range of healthcare professionals. Your observations will contribute to future diagnoses, so a high level of accuracy and a thorough understanding of child development are essential.

Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to have a detailed and evidenced based understanding of child development. This will be assessed at interview.

They will also need to be able to demonstrate recent and significant experience of working with pre school children with additional needs.

The successful candidate will need to be able to describe how developmental delay in all areas of development presents and how you can support children to make progress.

The successful candidate will need to have experience of working collaboratively with families.

Experience of having had difficult conversations with parent and carers is desirable.

We will be looking for evidence of consistent and recent experience of observation, assessment and differentiated support or intervention with children with additional needs in your application. You will need to be able to work independently to complete assessments and observations. We will offer supervision and support but you must be able to evidence how you have used supervision in the past to improve your practice in the field of child development.

An understanding of safeguarding procedures is also desirable.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Wyre Forest Child Development Centre

Radford Avenue

Kidderminster

DY10 2ES

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Wyre Forest Child Development Centre

Radford Avenue

Kidderminster

DY10 2ES

Employer's website

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

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