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School Nurse

Harrow International School Appi

Iwate

Salary:
Competitive international salary
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
21 December 2024

Job overview

  1. Nursing

-    Treat minor ailments & injuries of staff and students

-    Keep and administer medications appropriately

-    Maintain full and up-to-date medical records on all students and staff

-    Liaise with parents, school management and local facilities if expert treatment is required

-    Take ill/injured students or staff to hospital when necessary

-    Communicating to relevant staff ‘High Risk’ medical problems of specific students

-    Liaise with parents regarding their children’s health situation in English as the initial medium

-    Inform relevant Teachers, Heads or the School Counsellor if any student exhibits psycho-sociological problems or confides in the nurse

-    Maintain a fully stocked medical centre in rotation with other Nurses

-    Notify and advise school management on any significant health issues inside the school or in the wider community

-    Advise on school health policies

-    Assist with routine annual medical and stress checks of staff and students

-    Maintain all relevant medical records

-    Collect medication and prepare relevant information for staff prior to day/residential trips

-    Attend school sports fixtures as an onsite nurse to treat any sports related injuries

-    Provide relevant medical related advice to parents when requested

-    Liaise with Head of Boarding and/or Housemasters/mistresses on all medical issues pertaining to Boarding House students

 

  1. Health and Safety

-    Advise the School’s management on all relevant Health and relevant Safety issues

-    Perform First aid training (including CPR/AED) for the staff and, where necessary, students. Will need to be, or become, a certified First Aid instructor

 

3.      Student Support

-    To work in collaboration with the Head of Boarding & Pastoral and Head of Operations to develop whole school Nursing and Medical care services

-    To play an active role in a Team Around the Child (TAC) approach to support students who have co-occurring challenges 

-    To share appropriate student information and strategies with staff to support students’ medical needs

-    To undertake Safeguarding training and report safeguarding concerns in line with the schools Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures 

 

4.      Other

-    Assist the Head of Operations and other department staff with reasonable non-nursing or health & safety related requests

 

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