Academy First Aider
The Stockwood Park Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5PPThis job expired on 14 June 2024 – see similar jobs
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Closing date
14 June 2024 at 7am
Date listed
5 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,803.00 - £30,296.00 Annually (FTE) L5 point 15-20 £27,803 to £30,296 FTE Pro-rata £24,167 - £26,334
Academy First Aider job summary
Academy First Aider
The Stockwood Park Academy is seeking to appoint an experienced Academy First Aider to work as part of our Pastoral Team.
At our Academy, you will find supportive and encouraging colleagues within school leadership and throughout the school. It is incredibly important to us here at The Stockwood Park Academy that all our staff feel valued, listened to, mentored, challenged and given adequate opportunities to develop.
If you want to grow and develop in a varied and interesting role, come and join us.
Job Description
Position: Academy First Aider
Salary: L5 point 15-20 £27,803 to £30,296 FTE Pro-rata £24,167 - £26,334 (37 hours per week - Term time plus training days) Monday – Thursday 8am-4pm, Friday 8am-3:30pm.
Effective date: As soon as possible
Reporting to: Designated Safeguarding Lead
Purpose:
The Academy First Aider has responsibility for the health and welfare of all students, and to oversee the medical room, maintaining an active and regular point of contact for all students. The Academy First Aider is also responsible for sign-posting students regarding mental and physical needs, co-ordinating and liaising with Trust and Local health colleagues within the community and ensuring all national vaccinations for students are co-ordinated and undertaken in a timely manner. Good communication with parents and carers is a key part of the role as well as delivering relevant and up to date First Aid staff training and producing and overseeing health risk assessments where needed.
Responsibilities:
Specific Duties:
Academy medical Administration
Co-ordination of the medical room
Review and referrals of student medical needs
Communicating, meeting and liaising with parents where necessary
Communicating and liaising with staff where necessary
Comprehensive reporting and production of risk-assessments
Staff training in all aspects of First Aid
Student training in agreed aspects of First Aid
Ensuring the security and delivery of controlled medicine alongside ensuring all medications are in date
Organise and deliver the immunisation programme within school in conjunction with the NHS school immunisation teams
To be part of the health and safety committee – preparing reports of tracking and analysing trends
Ensuring the first aid and medical room is compliant with all health and safety regulations
Ensuring students with medical needs have the correct risk assessments in place and are part of the Individual Healthcare Plan
Clinical and First Aid
Attending to pupils who are taken ill during the school day
Maintaining communication with relevant external agencies as required; GP, Health Visitors, CAMHS, etc.
Have direct links with the School Nursing Service and support students who require a referral
Providing first aid during home sports fixtures.
Providing first aid to staff.
Safe storage of medication for the Academy.
Training & Compliance
Ensuring relevant training is provided to all staff in respect of the giving and storing of medicines
Ensuring relevant training is provided to all staff in respect of reporting procedures of slip trips and falls
Ensuring that all medical records are maintained and kept up to date
Preparing and reviewing Academy medical policies, ensuring compliant with regulatory requirements
Maintaining first aid equipment throughout the Academy
Ensuring that all School ‘First Aider’ staff are competent and have undertaken training and that qualifications are valid.
Attendance at and reporting to the Trust Health and Safety Committee when required.
Pastoral
Supporting the role of the pastoral teams
Pro-active role within the safeguarding team
Being a keyworker to students with identified medical needs
Attendance at key events, Open Evening, Parents evening & Transition events etc.
Ensuring that relevant information relating to student’s medical needs are shared when required, including school trips, exam situations, Trust reports etc
Attend any meetings as directed by the SENCO and DSL to support students with medical needs
Ensure that any students with an Individual Health Care Plan
This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and as duties and responsibilities, change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
The Shared Learning Trust – Staff Benefits
We offer a fantastic range of benefits across our trust, supporting our staff in a variety of ways. From an extensive Wellbeing package to an onsite car wash, you can be reassured that we have your best interests at heart.
Perkbox and Perkbox Medical
NPQ’s Teacher Development Trust and training courses with The National College
Staff social events, including 5 a-side football and BBQs
Reduced gym membership rates and free on-site gym
Staff recognition with reward shopping vouchers
On-site Indian head or shoulder massage
Online delivery drop off service, including Amazon
Free eye test vouchers
Support for all staff with an experienced licensed counsellor
Free tea and coffee plus a reusable bamboo coffee cup for new starters
Free onsite car parking at all academies
Cycle to work scheme
Enhanced pension employers’ contribution and death in service payment
Refer a friend £500 bonus scheme
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Shared Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.
About The Stockwood Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1473 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Stockwood Park Academy website (opens in new tab)
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