Bank Early Years Assistant Practitioner

Work as part of an early years team helping to providing a high quality of care for the children aged 0-5 years in a safe, caring and stimulating environment!

Joining NBT eXtra opens the door to a world where opportunity meets flexibility. Enjoys benefits such as: 

• Competitive Rates: Enjoy competitive hourly rates.
• Advance Shift Notifications: Plan your life with ease by receiving shift schedules 6 weeks in advance.
• Weekly Pay: Being a part of NBT eXtra means you’ll receive weekly pay for shifts worked.
• NHS Pension Scheme: Be a valued member with access to the NHS pension scheme, securing your financial future.
• Comprehensive Training Support: Stay ahead in your career with our commitment to comprehensive training support.

Main duties of the job

Work alongside qualified Early Years Practitioners to help provide a safe, stimulating environment to encourage children to reach their full potential.

The ideal candidate will need:

• Basic early years’ experience with children under five.
• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety.
• Basic understanding of how an early years setting operates.
• Child Protection training.
• Food safety training.
• Effective communication skills to help contribute to team work.
• To help care for a group of children, taking an active role in settling the child in, talking to the parent’s and helping under the supervision of the Early Years Practitioner to maintain and keep records of their learning and development.
• To project a happy approachable style that encourages a good engaging relationship with children, to enable them to reach their full potential.
• To have effective writing skills, enabling completion of children’s written assessments and other related and non-related paperwork under the guidance of the Early Years Practioner.
• To have Imaginative skills to contribute to planned activities organised by qualified Early Years Practitioners.

Working for our organisation

NBT Extra is the Temporary Bank of staff that supports the running of one of the Southwest’s largest hospitals.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To help ensure the health and safety of the children in your care.
• To ensure that the setting remains a welcoming place for children and their parents.
• To contribute to both individual and group activities for the children.
• To be a key person, ensuring that every child’s individual needs are catered for, to help the child to settle within the nursery, building relationships with both the child and their parent/carers, and maintaining accurate records of their learning and development under the guidance and support of the Early Year Practitioners.
• To work closely and build a good relationship with parents and ensure all relevant information is available to parents and communicate with them daily as regards their child’s welfare.
• To work as part of the team under the guidance of qualified Early Years Practitioners, usually in one room but being flexible about working in other rooms with different age groups and occasionally, working at other locations within North Bristol Trust.
• To attend staff training, feeding back information to colleagues and to keep up to date with childcare information.
• To be aware of and understand the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage including the Welfare Requirements which is implemented and lead by the manager.
• To follow North Bristol Trust’s and the Childcare Services Dept. policies and procedures.
• To work towards and contribute to a quality assurance scheme.
• To attend parents’ evenings to provide parents with their child’s progress and developmental files and discuss any issues they feel relevant with full support from qualified early years practitioners when required.
• To attend and contribute to staff meetings on a regular basis.
• To maintain professional relationships, build on team work and share ideas.
• To promote equal opportunities and follow the Valuing Diversity and Promoting Equality policy within the setting and ensure that a culturally sensitive environment is maintained.
• To adhere to the settings dress code at all times.
• To attend staff appraisals where performing and training needs are monitored.
• To be aware of data protection and the importance of confidentiality.

Person specification

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience with children between the ages of 0-5 years.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a childcare setting.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Basic knowledge and understanding of children’s’ needs.
• To show a responsible attitude.

Education/Training/Qualifications

Desirable criteria

• Formal Education.

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Team player.
• Enthusiasm for the role.