School Nurse
St David's College
llandudno
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Nov 2021
- Apply by:
- 20 October 2021
Job overview
SCHOOL NURSE
Hours : (Part-time, Term-time 2 days per week 8am to 5.30pm – Thursday and Saturday)
Job Description and Person Specification
St David’s College is an independent boarding and day school near Llandudno. St David’s College was founded on Christian principles and continues to promote them today. Many teachers live on site and the supportive residential community makes St David’s College a very special place to live, learn and work.
We have an excellent reputation for supporting pupils with dyslexia and other learning needs.
The School is located on a beautiful historic campus nestled between Snowdonia and the Irish Sea.
We are looking to recruit a qualified (RGN) and experienced individual to join as a School Nurse. The duties of the School Nurse include co-ordinating the operations of the Medical Centre, attending/assisting during GP surgeries, attending to pupils who take ill, registering all new boarders with the local surgery, communicating with parents and house-parents as necessary.
Duties
The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those specified in the School Nurse’s contract. They are not meant to be exhaustive and it is expected that the role will be undertaken in a spirit of cooperation and a willingness to be flexible in order to meet the needs of the pupils and St David’s College.
This job description may be modified by the Headmaster, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate significant changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
Responsible to: Senior School Nurse
All members of the Staff agree to:
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
To care for the physical, emotional and psychological needs of all pupils.
To respond to all medical alerts – both students and staff.
To remain on the School premises at all times.
To ensure the Nurse on duty is contactable if not in the Medical Centre by carrying the Medical Centre mobile phone.
To undertake all duties as requested by the Senior School Nurse. These will include:
1. Making medical appointments and informing pupils.
2. Arranging transport and ensuring pupils under 16 years have escorts.
3. Carrying out new pupil examinations.
4. Carrying out height and weight checks as required.
5. Checking a restocking First Aid bags.
6. Acting as First Aider during certain sporting events as required, eg sports day
To offer advice and care to staff members and visitors to the School and to complete appropriate documentation associated with care/advice given.
To complete the Accident Book in the event of an accident or injury.
To assist with health education initiatives.
To perform drug testing on pupils, if requested by the Houseparent or Headmaster according to school policy.
Changing wet beds of pupils suffering from nocturnal enuresis if requested to do so and to advise on or manage the safe disposal of body fluids found in the School buildings.
To liaise with parents and staff regarding medication and ongoing medical needs/medical welfare.
To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in use in the Medical Centre.
To be familiar with an to follow the policies of both the School and the Medical Centre.
To undertake in-service training as required in order to keep up to date with development both in pastoral and medical care, and in particular child protection procedures and First Aid at Work.
To attend staff meetings as required.
To wear appropriate nurses’ uniforms (as provided by the School).
To discharge the School Nurse duties in a professional manner at all times.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria:
Registered General Nurse.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Clear empathy and understanding of boys’ and girls’ development and needs.
Flexible approach to working hours.
Desirable Criteria:
Clinical track record with ideally 6 months in A & E or as a practice nurse.
Experience in paediatrics or working with children or a Specialist Practitioner School.
Experience of sports injury care and treatment.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Attached documents
About St David's College
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St David’s College is a 9-19 co-educational day and boarding school situated in North Wales which caters very well for pupils whom have struggled to learn elsewhere.
We have a huge Outdoor Education department that organises over 20 off-site trips per week (including caving, sailing, mountaineering, kayaking, etc) in addition to around a dozen major expeditions per year such as husky sledging in Sweden, diving in Egypt, sea kayaking in Greenland and Alaska, etc. These all serve to build confidence, self esteem and leadership skills in our pupils which leads to an increased enthusiasm for school life and improved motivation and cooperation in the classroom.
Our SEN department is currently staffed by 18 specialist 1:1 teachers and we also offer Occupational Therapy and have Speech and Language specialists on site. Academic lessons are broken down into bite size chunks, are extremely interactive and have high multi-media content. Class sizes usually average between 5 and 10 pupils with a maximum of around 14 pupils. In addition, all SEN pupils are offered at least 2 individual support lessons each week. Whilst these methods clearly enhance the learning experience of the types of pupils previously described, they also attract a significant number of pupils with no challenging educational needs at all.
We deliver a standard curriculum of GCSEs and A Levels alongside a number of vocational courses. Most of our students gain successful GCSE results and stay for the 6th Form, and the majority of our U6 leavers go on to university to study a wide range of topics including prestigious courses such as architecture, law and medicine, at equally prestigious institutions.
St David’s College was founded on Christian principles and continues to promote them today. Many teachers live on site and the supportive residential community makes St David’s College a very special place to live, learn and work. I hope this gives you a brief overview of the school, but you can find more information in the enclosed literature and on the school website.
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