School Nurse
King Alfred School
Barnet
- Expired
- Salary:
- £30,000 – £35,000 FTE (actual salary £27,627 – £32,350) depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 November 2019
Job overview
Term time plus two weeks (8am – 4.30pm with some flexibility required)
King Alfred School is looking for a qualified School Nurse who will be responsible for running the School’s Medical Room and providing students with first aid and support. The School Nurse will manage the First-Aider(s), and will be part of a wider pastoral and medical/first aid team whose aim is to promote the physical health and emotional well-being of the pupils. From meeting the physical needs of some pupils, administering first aid to others, and guiding those who need mental health support, the role is a varied but vital one in our School community.
The Medical Room is open from 8.30am to 4.15pm during the school day and is a welcoming space.
Responsibilities include:
- Establishing and maintaining up-to-date strategies, policies and protocols for medical care within the School.
- Ensuring that pupils and, where necessary, staff are provided with first aid care and mental health support.
- Advising and informing pupils and staff on medical issues and pupils/adolescent physical health and emotional wellbeing.
- Ensuring accurate and up-to-date medical records are maintained and are easily accessed by those that need them.
- Ensuring that relevant medical information or concerns are passed on quickly to staff, parents and local public health teams.
The post-holder should:
- Hold a recognised nursing qualification and several years relevant experience in a school, care home or other similar institution.
- Be willing to obtain Level 3 Child Protection training and any other training relevant to the school setting.
- Applicant must have experience and knowledge of working with type 1 diabetes and epilepsy including working with insulin pumps.
- Have experience of managing a small team.
If you share our vision and are a reflective, hard-working, and forward-thinking professional, we would very much like to hear from you.
To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter to Dominique Frankel-Pollen, HR and Compliance Officer at recruitment@kingalfred.org.uk
Closing date: Sunday 24 November 2019.
All members of the King Alfred School community are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
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About King Alfred School
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King Alfred School is an informal independent day school situated on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London. With over 700 students from Reception age through to a flourishing Sixth Form, we are a vibrant and friendly community where the emphasis, both academically and socially, is on discovering and maximising the potential of each child.
The school stands out from the prevailing educational environment as a school which achieves academic success without unnecessary pressures and social success through the development of relationships and responsibility rather than external discipline. At the heart of our ethos is a child-centred approach. We appreciate that every child is unique, and we get to know every individual. It is a school that is genuinely loved by students, parents and staff alike.
The village green setting of the main school site contributes to the community feeling with Lower School classrooms all opening out directly onto the play areas, parents encouraged to spend time in the grounds and all children offered opportunities for outdoor learning. Most children will join at Reception and continue on to the Sixth Form. Transition from Lower to Upper School is a natural one and for KAS students does not depend on assessments or examinations.
KAS is divided into two parts (Lower School: Reception to Year 6 and Upper School: Year 7 to 13), but we operate as one school in which all parts belong to a whole. Age groups are encouraged to mix, with Upper School students helping out in Lower School, and so enrich each other’s lives.
We offer a wide curriculum with specialist teachers in Lower School covering subjects outside the core areas: Information Technology, French, Art, PE and Music. In the Upper School GCSE studies include six core subjects and three optional subjects and students all take part in Choice afternoon where they can choose from a range of non-academic activities. At Sixth Form students usually take three A levels and we offer a full range of subjects alongside the UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing Arts & Production Arts and The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). All students are also involved in a wide range of enrichment activities and there is a huge variety of after school clubs available.
The King Alfred School is a happy, compassionate school in which the emotional, physical and social development of our students are held in equal regard to their academic progress.
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