Bank Early Years Educator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This bank Early Years Educator role supports the delivery of high-quality care and education at an Ofsted outstanding nursery. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate children's care and development, providing feedback to parents. The role involves both child and adult-led learning, requiring you to be an excellent role model. You will ensure children achieve the best possible outcomes through fun, discovery, and exploration.
Key responsibilities
- Support Early Years Educators in delivering high-quality care and education.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care and development of children.
- Provide feedback to parents/carers regarding children's progress.
- Act as an excellent role model for all children in both child and adult-led learning.
- Engage with specialist safeguarding services as necessary.
Essential criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Desirable criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- General Requirements
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Early Years Educator
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
As a bank member of staff you will be supporting our Early Years Educators with the delivery of high quality care and education at our Ofsted outstanding setting - ensuring that everyday is full of fun, laughter, discovery and exploration for all of our fabulous children.
Prepare to get messy...
Get ready to morph into whichever character is the \'hit of the day\'...
Build towers as tall as trees...
Investigate the best way to make it to the moon in time for tea with the Gruffalo...
The possibilities are endless!
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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