Health Assistant

Waltham Toll Bar Academy, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN36 4RZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  6 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,423.00 Annually (FTE) £11,852.39

Health Assistant job summary

Health Assistant - Waltham Toll Bar Academy

18.5 hours per week, Permanent (Hours negotiable)

LGAT 9 £28,423 pro rata. Actual Salary: £11,852.39

Term time (190 days per year)

Closing Date: 12pm, 19 September 25

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate Health Assistant to join our academy

• Provides First Aid care within the Academy
• Provides first aid in emergencies and contacts emergency services when necessary
• Maintains student’s Academy medical records through regular liaison with parents, Health Authorities and general practitioners
• Arranges routine medical checks
• Maintains medical stock and orders appropriate supplies
• Provides general medical advice on general hygiene matters
• Is fully conversant with current information on sexually transmitted infections and social drugs to make immediate referrals to the appropriate Vice Principal.
• Prepares routine correspondence
• Administrates dressings where needed
• Refers student’s health problems to parents and other interrelated agencies where needed
• Offers basic hygiene solutions to problematic students
• Supervises student’s self-administration of medication
• Reports to the responsible Vice Principal on matters relating to fighting bullying, students’ safety and Child Protection.
• Liaises with our designated school nurse

Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In line with our safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, all applicants must be willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media check, satisfactory references and any other appropriate checks necessary in order to assess the suitability to work with children

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In line with our safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, all applicants must be willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media check, satisfactory references and any other appropriate checks necessary in order to assess the suitability to work with children.

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.

About Waltham Toll Bar Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1730 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Waltham Toll Bar Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tollbar-academy

Waltham Tollbar Academy, Grimsby, is one of the largest secondary schools in the country, with a firm commitment to providing the best care and welfare of every member of our community.

Our academy is a fantastic place to study and work; we are a forward thinking, outward facing, dynamic, Ofsted ‘OUTSTANDING’ school. We are incredibly proud of all that we have achieved and of our longstanding reputation for excellence.

This is underpinned by a culture that is dynamic, creative and supports innovation at every level. We push for the very best to support the development of our staff and students. That is why our Academy is a vibrant learning community giving you the potential to accelerate both your teaching and leadership career.

This is an exciting time for Waltham Toll Bar Academy with a new Chief Executive of the Trust and a new Headteacher of the school. The new Head is completely dedicated and committed to building even further on the great strengths the school has to ensure it plays a transformative role in the local community and beyond.

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