Healthcare Lead
Priory Community School, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 6BP9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
9 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- TPLTSS6 £23,161 - £24,875 (actual salary)
Healthcare Lead job summary
Permanent
Term Time Only
31.25 Hours per week
TPLTSS6 £23,161 - £24,875 (actual salary)
Plus various Company Benefits
Priory Community School - An Academy are looking to recruit a dynamic leader into our Healthcare team. This is a very exciting opportunity for an individual who would relish the chance to join our dedicated team and make a real difference to the lives of young people with additional health and learning needs. The post holder will work in partnership with parents and all staff within the school to ensure pupils gain the optimum benefit from being in the school setting.
You will be the driving force to supporting and maintaining students in the school setting, who have physical and learning needs. You will contribute to the provision of a safe, healthy and educationally valuable environment for pupils who has identified additional personal, social and/or health care needs.
As part of this role, you will:
- Provide essential care and support to pupils in line with their individual Health Care Plans, working closely with parents, carers, and staff across the school.
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the Health Care Team, ensuring students supporting this team are making sufficient progress.
- Administer medication and attend to pupils’ personal care needs as required.
- Act as the main liaison between health professionals, school staff, and parents to ensure pupils receive cohesive and consistent support.
- Support safeguarding processes and uphold the Trust’s commitment to the safety and welfare of all children and young people.
The successful candidate will have:
- Qualifications in Literacy and Numeracy equivalent to GCSE Grade A*-C / Level 4 or above (or Level 2 NVQ equivalent).
- A First Aid qualification, or willingness to work towards one.
- Experience of working with children who have physical or learning needs, ideally within a school setting.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work flexibly as part of a team and build positive relationships with pupils and colleagues.
- A caring, resilient, and professional approach, with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Further details can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and creating a supportive, team-focused environment that values staff wellbeing. TPLT strives to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply.
At the Priory Learning Trust, we offer an incredible, comprehensive employee benefits package. This includes..
The PLaTform - Access to our dedicated wellbeing centre & exclusive shopping discounts.
Healthshield - Funded Healthcare Scheme for employees and all dependents, which provides services such as a 24/7 GP Line & Healthcare cashback.
Discounted nursery fees for parents AND grandparents at our Academy pre schools.
Contributory pension scheme offering generous employer contribution rates.
CPD opportunities both internally & externally.
A very friendly school community with dedicated, supportive & inspiring colleagues.
Health & Fitness offers, including incredible discounts on @Worle Sports Centre and Nuffield Health, and a Cycle 2 Work Scheme.
Flu vaccinations.
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
Proposed Interview Date: 17th November 2025
Proposed Start Date: 5th January 2026
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 Priory Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1485 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Priory Community School website
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