Senior Nurse and Health Centre Manager
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- Equivalent to NHS Band 8a
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 October 2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse with leadership and management skills to play a key role providing a high-quality health care service at St. Edward’s.
As Senior Nurse and Health Centre Manager you will lead and manage the school’s Nursing Team and Health Centre to support the physical, mental, and emotional health of pupils.
Leading by example, you will act as a role model for all Health Centre staff, inspiring confidence and trust, and be responsible for the standards of nursing care to all patients.
You will have an inclusive leadership style and be responsible for the strategic development of nursing in line with best practice guidelines from the Royal College of Nursing, the Boarding Schools Association and the Medical Officers of Schools Association.
In partnership with the Compliance Manager, you will also ensure that all staff have appropriate First Aid training.
You will work a regular weekday shift pattern during term time, carrying out clinical and managerial duties. You will be expected to work throughout the school term, inclusive of exeat and additionally, one week in the Christmas holiday, one week in the Easter holiday and two weeks in the summer holiday.
The role offers a generous 13 week leave allowance.
About you
You will be a Registered General Nurse with live NMC registration.
Considerable leadership and management experience is equally important.
Experience of working in a school is desirable but not essential.
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The deadline for applications is Monday 28th October 2024 at midday.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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