Medical Officer

Contract type: Permanent, Full-time hours, Term Time (37 hours per week)

Location: The Kingsway School, Foxland Road, Gatley, Cheadle Cheshire, SK8 4QX

Required from: As soon as possible.

Salary: NJC Scale 5 Point 12-17, £26,421-£28,770 pro-rata (Actual Salary £22,600.24- £24, 609.55)

Closing date : Monday 3rd June 2024 at 12.00pm Midday

Interview date : Monday 10th June 2024

We are looking to appoint a highly organised and dedicated individual to work as a Medical Officer.

You will be a lead practitioner for the school’s medical needs and first aid requirements, ensuring that all policies are maintained and government guidelines are followed.

You will be able to deliver care within the boundaries of the role and according to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and evidence-based care, focussing on student well-being and health education

The school is a member of Education Learning Trust, a local MAT incorporating two secondary schools and three primary schools. The MAT is extremely supportive of our school and its journey, and provides significant capacity to the continuous professional develop its staff.

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. 

As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

●     exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities

●     school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry

●     opportunities for professional development and leadership

●     a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings 

●     Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

 We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.

All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.  It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

 We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

 We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Should you wish to discuss this role further, you can contact Emma Sorsby, School Business Manager on this email address: recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk

Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form and associated documents, and should include with their application a typed letter of application which details their suitability for this position relative to the person specification. CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Please return applications to recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk

The closing date for applications for this position is Monday 3rd June 2024 at 12.00pm Midday

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on Monday 10th June 2024