School Nurse (Part time Position)
Cheam School
Hampshire
- £21,924 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 October 2023
Job overview
An outstanding opportunity has arisen to join the nursing/medical team at one of the leading preparatory schools in the country. Cheam, a wonderful co-educational prep school on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, is looking for a part-time School Nurse.
You will be required to work for 3 days per week including an occasional Saturday. The hours of work are 8am – 6pm on three days per week. This is a term time only role and you will therefore be required to work only during school terms totalling approximately 35 weeks per year.
The ideal person for this post will be someone who:-
- Is a qualified nurse or similar, with relevant nursing experience
- Enjoys working with children and is enthusiastic when interacting with young people
- Has good organisational and administration skills
- Is an excellent communicator
- Is a team player who will help and support their fellow team members
- Is kind and caring and considers the needs, health and happiness of pupils to be of paramount importance
- Is confident and competent using IT
Nursing Duties
- To be responsible for treating injuries and illness within the school in so far as it is within your jurisdiction and training, using outside medical authorities as appropriate
- To provide first aid and medical care on the games field during matches and other fixtures
- To help run the school surgery and administer medication safely as per protocols
- To keep accurate records of medication administered and keep allergy, asthma and dietary action plans up to date
- To monitor and care for any child who is sick at school
- To help with Occupational Therapy exercises where possible
- To promote the physical and mental health and well-being of all pupils
- To assist in the control of outbreaks of infections and infestations. To advise staff, pupils and parents on the preventative measures to limit the spread of infection
- To liaise with the appropriate agencies and ensure that support is given to pupils as needed
- To escort pupils for medical visits, doctor’s appointments and hospital visits where appropriate
- To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines
- To exchange information with pupils, parents, nursing staff and school staff relating to pupil’s condition and test results. This may involve explaining complex conditions or sensitive patient information
- To maintain accurate records and to ensure that all recommendations regarding referral and treatment are carried out and communicated to parents
Attached documents
About Cheam School
Cheam was founded in 1645 and is one of the oldest prep schools in the world. Cheam is a IAPS boarding and day school with some 310 pupils, boys and girls, in the prep school and approximately 80 in the Pre-Prep and Nursery. Cheam prides itself on its excellent all-round record academically, musically, artistically and on the sports field. On completing their life at Cheam, children move to the top Public Schools in England, including Eton, Wellington, Marlborough, Radley, Harrow, Bradfield, Sherborne and St Mary’s Calne. The school is non-selective yet achieves consistently high standards academically through an inspirational and dedicated team of teachers, throughout the Pre-Prep and Prep Schools.
Cheam School is situated in a stunning rural setting of 100 acres, ten minutes from Newbury and fifteen minutes from Basingstoke, just off the A339. It is surrounded by smaller towns and villages from which it draws many of its day pupils.
At Cheam children are prepared not only for the next stage but for life beyond. The school nurtures and develops intellectual, personal, physical, emotional, creative and empathetic core values and skills in each pupil. This is done through the creation of a happy, stimulating environment in which pupils experience a diverse range of opportunities and are encouraged to ‘give it a go’ and strive to give of their best in all they do.
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