Part time Assistant Practitioner

Part time Assistant Practitioner

Term time Monday to Friday 8 – 4pm

Royal Russell School educates over 1000 girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 18 and is situated on a beautiful green campus of 110 acres in the Shirley Hills near Croydon, only 30 minutes from Central London. We have over 150 boarding students in the Senior School, and are proud of our day and boarding facilities that rank amongst the best in the South of England. Our pupils, parents and staff experience a warm and friendly environment with strong pastoral care for every pupil alongside a comprehensive co-curricular and enrichment programme. We aim to build on this alongside improving academic success to continue to be the family school of choice in South London. The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has recently judged the school as ‘excellent’ in all areas.

We are seeking to appoint a part time Assistant Practitioner to join a team of 3 motivated and enthusiastic Nurses providing 24 hour high quality primary and emergency healthcare, first aid, wellbeing support to boarding and day students and staff in our recently refurbished Medical Centre. The Centre comprises of 2 surgeries, a Counsellor consulting room, GP surgeries, in-patient facilities for boarding students and an on-call nurses flat. The position is term time only, Monday to Friday 8- 4pm.

As an Assistant Practitioner, you'll always work under the direction of a qualified nurse. You will join a team of qualified and supportive Nurses who all play an active role in the development, provision and promotion of health and wellbeing for the School community and provide an essential and important part of the welfare and pastoral support within the School. Your level of training and experience means you can work alone, without supervision. You'll carry out agreed procedures, referring to a professional for guidance when necessary.

We welcome candidates from a broad healthcare background with the appropriate experience and qualifications and a genuine interest in working with young people. You should have excellent clinical and communication skills, high professional standards together with a lively, friendly personality, and strong empathy with young people.

We offer excellent benefits which include free meals whilst on duty, free car parking, use of on-site sports facilities including swimming pool/gym/tennis courts, immediate non-contributory pension, free life cover and a discount of up to 50% on School fees (pro-rata for part time/term time staff). You will be working in our beautiful green parkland estate with easy access to transport links, and have use of our on-site tennis courts, swimming pool, gym facilities, combined with the opportunity to be part of the vibrant community of the historic Royal Russell School. 

Please visit http://www.royalrussell.co.uk/vacancies for further details about our School, the role and the application process. To apply, you will need to submit a fully completed application form, taking care to ensure that your supporting statement outlines the extent to which you meet our requirements as set out in the person specification, and details of two referees, one of which should be a current or most recent employer, to hr@royalrussell.co.uk. References may be taken up before interview. Applications will be considered on receipt and should arrive no later than 12 noon on Monday 16th July 2018. Interviews will be at the school the following week. We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are encouraged. Applicants who have not heard from us by Friday 20th July 2018 you should presume that they have not been successful on this occasion. 

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (including a check against the Children’s Barred List), and other pre-employment screening including a check on the Secretary of State list of prohibited staff, references and medical fitness