Principal First Aider

New Line Learning Academy seeking a Principal First Aider to join the school team, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing immediate and effective first aid, ensuring a prompt response to medical emergencies, and contributing to the overall health and safety of our school community. As the Principal First Aider, you will play a vital role in creating a secure and supportive learning environment by offering timely and compassionate assistance to those in need.

Are you passionate about the wellbeing and safety of students within an educational environment? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our exceptional school as Principal First Aider. We are seeking a dedicated individual, responsible for providing immediate and effective first aid, ensuring a prompt response to medical emergencies, and contributing to the overall health and safety of our school community. As the Principal First Aider, you will play a vital role in creating a secure and supportive learning environment by offering timely and compassionate assistance to those in need. The successful candidate will also be required to provide administrative support when not carrying out First Aid duties.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Give immediate help to casualties with injuries and those arising from specific hazards.
• Advise or treat students as necessary when illnesses and symptoms are reported.
• When necessary, make arrangements to call an ambulance.
• Ensure that all first-aiders complete a first-aid training course approved by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
• Monitor and arrange refresher courses and certificate renewals for all first aiders.
• Liaise with the Deputy Headteacher and/or Head of School’s PA - for incidents involving emergency services on site.
• Be the first point of contact to other staff First Aiders.
• Ensure that all First Aid boxes are checked on the first Monday of each month.
• To stock up the First Aid boxes with at least a minimum stock of first aid items as recommended by HSE.
• Examine the contents of the first-aid cupboard in the Hygiene room and other locations weekly and on an as they are used basis and restocked as soon as possible after use. Items are discarded safely after the expiry date has passed.
• All swabs used on open wounds will be disposed of correctly in the clinical waste bin.
• In liaison with the Office Manager, order/replenishing first aid materials/consumables.
• In charge of first aid equipment located within the school and medical Area.
• Work with Health and Safety Officer to investigate accidents/Incidents and monitor trends.

This role is 9:00am-2:00pm Monday-Friday (25 hours per week), 38 weeks per year (term time only).

We reserve the right to interview candidates as and when they appy, please submit your application early to avoid disappointment.