College Nurse
The Sixth Form College Colchester, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1SN10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
December 2025
Closing date
17 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
7 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,821.00 - £35,239.00 Annually (Actual) Sixth Form Colleges pay scale
College Nurse job summary
Post College Nurse
Hours 36 hours term time only
Grade Spine Point 20 - 25
Salary £30,821.69 - £35,239.84 pa (pro rata of £36,282- £41,484 pa)
Closing Date: Midday Friday 17th October 2025
Responsible to: Assistant Principal: Safeguarding and Pastoral
Main Purpose of the role
You will be responsible for ensuring staff and students receive support and guidance with their medical and mental health needs.
Main Responsibilities
In the first instance, the duties and responsibilities are listed below. Going forward, as the needs of the College change, the duties and responsibilities within this role may also be subject to further change.
- Lead on all first aid matters across College, coordinate and be the main responder on the College’s first aid team and maintain accurate records of daily incidents ensuring that accident reports are completed in accordance with the College’s Health and Safety policy
- Maintain student medical files and to work in partnership with external organisations to ensure that students receive appropriate and timely support.
- To support students with medical leads and assist in the writing and updating of Medical Care Plans
- Work with the pastoral team to develop a health and well-being tutorial programme and resources, focusing on issues such as sexual-health, drugs awareness, diet and exercise.
- Be part of the college core safeguarding team working closely with the college Safeguarding Officer to caseload referrals and ensure that these students are kept safe in line with keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children.
- Support students if they require hospital treatment including attending Accident and Emergency as required.
- Work with the pastoral management team to support the team to help improve attendance, retention and punctuality at the College via the Fitness to study process.
- Offer training to staff and students on managing medicines and medical conditions.
- Receive, store and administer student medication where required.
- Lead on a wide range of projects and initiatives across the College, relating to health, well being and healthy living.
Additional Information
- We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to enable candidates to perform the role.
- All duties must be carried out in accordance with relevant Health and Safety legislation and good practice.
- The post holder is required to work in accordance with both organisational and personal responsibilities for data protection as outlined in College policy documents.
- Annual salary will be in accordance with Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff Pay Scale. Sixth Form College sector conditions of service apply, which are very similar to schools’ sector arrangements and salaries are reviewed by national negotiation with effect from 1st September each year.
- College support staff are eligible to join the national Local Government Pension Scheme.
Safeguarding
- The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
- All staff are expected to keep up to date with relevant College policies and procedures and attend annual safeguarding training.
Review
This is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. The above are the main areas of responsibility and are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all administrative duties that are seen as part of the post.
The detailed duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character or level of responsibility entailed
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Sixth Form College Colchester
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
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- School website
- The Sixth Form College Colchester website
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