Assistant Nursery Nurse

The Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) Nurseries began operating over 25 years ago and are located in Maidenhead, Slough and Reading. The nurseries offer full day care for 51 weeks per year, from 7.30am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. The buildings are single storey purpose built environments that offer care and education for children up until the age of 5.

The BHFT nurseries offer a high level of care and stimulating opportunities for the children that supports their overall learning, development and wellbeing. All of the nurseries work alongside their local authority and have developed a good reputation within their local community and professional support services that enable children to remain safe and to develop as individuals.

Being owned by the NHS, the BHFT nurseries come highly recommended by families and the standard of care demonstrated for all children links to the expectations that the NHS portray worldwide.

The BHFT nurseries remained open during the Covid-19 pandemic. Offering care for key worker and critical worker children. The BHFT nurseries formed part of the very few that were able to remain open during this time.

The BHFT nurseries employ a high calibre of staff, ranging from Nursery Trainees to Degree Level practitioners. In general, the nurseries have a low staff turnover and the retention of highly skilled and motivated staff is paramount.

To provide the best possible care and stimulation for the children of the nursery meeting their physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs in a non-discriminatory manner.

To work in partnership with parents and encourage their involvement in the aims of the nursery and in all aspects of their child’s care.

To provide and maintain records as necessary and appropriate, in line with the EYFS Statutory Framework.

To attend training courses, to ensure that modern, innovated and forward looking practices are maintained and to allow for personal career development.

To assist in the planning of appropriate programmes that meet the individual needs of the children and development matters.

To assist in the daily domestic management of the nursery; ensuring that the nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times.

To work effectively as part of a team on a daily basis.

To participate fully in the daily routine of the individual rooms and to follow the guidance and instructions of the senior staff.

To compile and maintain regular progress developmental records on key children, making sure that records are accurate, signed and dated.

To develop good working relationships with parents and encourage parental interest and participation in the life of the nursery.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
• Generous NHS pension scheme – 20.68% employer contribution
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Advanced IT enablement
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries
• Free parking

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact: Rebecca Croft on email: rebecca.croft@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.