Nursery Nurse – Mere Green

Job Title: Nursery Nurse

Location: Bananan Moon Mere Green

Salary: £11.00 – £11.25 P/h

Hours/ Days: Full or Part Time, ideally across 5 days but can negotiate set days

Purpose of the role:

As Nursery Nurse, you will ensure a high quality, balanced provision of leading practice education and care is delivered; creating a safe, caring, and welcoming setting in which parents are happy to entrust their child and where their child is encouraged and supported to flourish in an enabling and stimulating environment. You will promote a successful business with a first-class reputation, engaging with the local community and marketing the nursery, whilst providing excellent customer care.

Requirement:

• A full and relevant Early Years qualification. Level 3 and above are preferred, but will consider Level 2 applicants

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure operational policies and procedures implemented by Banana Moon Franchise are adhered to, ensuring relevant legislation is met.
• Maintain and promote the brand of Banana Moon Franchise.
• Support and demonstrate inspiring and ambitious practice.
• Respond professionally to complaints (verbal/written), recording and reporting to management, and assist positively with any actions required.
• Assist with Head Office Quality Improvement Visits and Inspections.
• Adhere to room ratios in line with policy and rotas.
• Ensure daily room registers and records of children in attendance are accurate.
• Adhere to Health and Safety policies, completing risk assessments, hazard logs, and documentation as set out in the operational plan.
• Participate in the emergency and security procedures such as emergency evacuation, door security, and e-safety.
• Be alert to issues of safeguarding, ensuring that the welfare and safety of the children and adults is paramount, recording and reporting any concerns to the DSL.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in practice, ensuring relevant documentation is completed as required.
• Administer first aid and medication as appropriate and keep the manager informed of any actions.
• Active involvement in staff meetings, which support continually evolving high standards of practice.
• Participate in the induction process for students’ continuing a programme of mentoring and guidance.
• Participate in a safer recruitment process, providing trial feedback on candidates.
• Understand key children’s culture, level of development and identify next steps with line managers’ support.
• Work with colleagues in observation, assessment, and planning, to ensure the provision of a stimulating environment with a balance of challenging and inspiring child/adult lead activities reflecting children’s individual needs and interests.
• Ensure detailed record keeping for key children’s development, maintaining these records on a regular basis with quality meaningful observations and assessments and to involve parents in the process of planning and sharing of children’s progress.
• Oversee the settling in of new children in a sensitive manner, ensuring all relevant documentation is completed, liaising closely with parents and staff to ensure home life and children’s interests are utilised for reassurance.

Customer Service Operations duties:

• Participate in informative, professional, and welcoming show rounds to prospective customers.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive family information whilst adhering to child protection policy and procedures.
• Contribute to nursery communication with parents via newsletters, parent’s evenings, open days/evenings, building and maintaining strong key-person relationships.

Benefits:

• Induction & ongoing training schemes
• Additional holiday for long-term service
• Absence bonus per quarter as a reward for no lateness or sickness
• 5 yearly Service award & bonus of £250
• Birthday day off paid – “Happy birthday from us “
• They close between Christmas & New Year – everyone deserves to share Christmas with their families! They are closed on bank holidays too!

If you would like to apply, email us your CV, Cover letter and inform us of which job you are applying for, send it to: info@montessoriapprentice.co.uk or call 01923 463927