School Nurse (Schoolverpleegkundige)
The British School of Amsterdam
Netherlands
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 5 May 2023
Job overview
The British School of Amsterdam is a leading international school in the Netherlands, providing world-class learning for children from 3 to 18 years. We follow an enhanced version of the National Curriculum for England, with over 1,100 pupils enrolled across three school sections: Early Years School (3-6 years), Junior School (6-11 years) and Senior School (11-18 years).
School Nurse (Schoolverpleegkundige)
We are seeking to appoint a School Nurse to a newly created role within our school. Responsible for all aspects of healthcare including planning, management, and reporting, this is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Nurse with some experience of working with children and young people, and preferably, experience working in an educational setting.
IMPORTANT: Applicants should have the ability to work in the Netherlands through citizenship, residency or a valid work visa.
Role and Responsibilities
The School Nurse (Schoolverpleegkundige) will be a champion for Continuous improvement for healthcare management in our school. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Coordinate the implementation of school health services, policies, and procedures
- Manage a system for identifying pupils with special healthcare needs
- Create individual first aid treatment and advice to pupils, where required
- Attend to on-site incidents or accidents requiring first aid treatment
- Provide nursing care to any child that is unwell and will be collected by caregivers
- Maintain accident/incidents administration and reports
- Manage storage of medicines
- Maintain accurate records for pupils with chronic illness and special health needs
- Ensure pupils' medical data is correctly updated in school system
- Coordinate guidelines, procedures, and training in First Aid/Paediatric/CPR/First Responder programmes for staff
- Train & support staff in provision of health services, including administration of medication to pupils (e.g. EpiPens)
- Initiate referrals and follow up for pupils with identified or suspected health problems
- Provide age-appropriate talks with pupils on personal health subjects, and talks to parents on health-related topics affecting students
- Consult within the school with school counsellors, safeguarding leads, and learning support staff
- Participate in development of the school's emergency health and crisis management planning
- Implement disease control management procedures in the school
- Communicate relevant health mandates, recommendations, and trends using written materials, meetings, etc.
- Provide guidance and support to families in finding and using treatment services
- Collaborate with community agencies to provide resources for pupils and their families e.g. GGD
- Adhere to legal and regulatory requirements and ethical standards of nursing practice
Person Specification
Essential skills and experience
- Recognised Nursing qualification & nursing experience
- BIG nursing registration (Netherlands)
- Nursing experience in hospital, education, or relevant environments
- Fluent in English and Dutch
- Good communication skills
Desirable experience
- Experience working with children and young people
- Experience in an educational setting
- Experience in a well-being and mental health capacity, specifically with children & young people
Additional information
Working hours are from 8am until 4pm, Monday to Friday. Annual leave is during the school holiday periods. Fully paid pension premiums.
Application process
Applications should include a Resume/CV including the contact details for two referees, and a brief covering letter addressed to the Principal, Mrs Ruth Sanderson. The closing date for applications is Friday, 5 May 2023 at 5pm.
Safeguarding
Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The offer of the role will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification checks and other safeguarding checks, and overseas checks where appropriate.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)
Our School is committed to a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We believe that a diverse staff body reflects and supports the diversity of our pupils and wider society, and leads to a cognitive diversity which promotes excellences in all areas.
About The British School of Amsterdam
The British School of Amsterdam is a not-for-profit international school providing world-class teaching and learning for children from 3 to 18 years old. Since its inception in 1978, we have grown quickly to become a leading British international school offering quality education to over 1,100 pupils enrolled at the school across three sections: Early Years (3-6 years), Juniors (6-11 years) and Seniors (11-18 years).
At The British School of Amsterdam we follow the British Schools curriculum and we are, proudly, a non-selective school with high expectations of all pupils. As a school, we seek to develop inquiring, imaginative, fascinated, knowledgeable and caring young people with an eagerness for knowledge and a sense of value.
We offer the best in British education to our students, and a welcoming and inclusive work environment for more than 210 staff members. Our staff are the school's greatest asset; they are professional, caring, committed and work together, whatever their role, to provide the best possible education for the children in our care.
We are accredited by the UK Government as a British School Overseas (BSO) offering the National Curriculum for England leading to GCSEs and A-Levels, and we are also proud members of COBIS (Council of British International Schools), HMC (The Head's Conference), and AoBSO (Association of British Schools Overseas).
In a recent BSO inspection report, the school was described as “… providing high quality education, much of which is outstanding”.
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