Nursery Assistant | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 January 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7623490/214-CEN-7623490 |
Summary
Little Millers Day Nursery, situated onsite at King's Mill Hospital, is dedicated to providing exceptional care and early childhood education for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old. Our nursery operates Monday to Friday, 7.30a.m-5.30p.m offering a nurturing environment where children can thrive and grow. We are committed to fostering each child's development journey, enabling them to reach their full potential.
We are seeking a NVQ Level 2 Qualified Nursery Assistant to join our passionate team. The successful candidate the ability to work effectively as part of a team along with good verbal and written communication skills. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
You will be responsible for planning and implementing engaging activities that support the individual learning journey of each child, while maintaining a safe and stimulating environment. We are looking for someone who is able to work flexibly during the nursery opening hours.
Apply now to join our team!
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025
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