Medical Needs Co-Ordinator
Newfield School, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2PW6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
20 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
7 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 Hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade D SCP 5-8
What skills and experience we're looking for
Medical Needs Co-Ordinator – Grade D - Permanent
22.5 hours
£24,790 to £25,992 pro rata salary range
£12.85 to £13.47 per hour
Newfield School is an impressive, well-resourced special school situated in Blackburn, Lancashire providing high quality specialist education, care and therapy for children and young people aged 4 - 19 years with a wide range of learning difficulties including autism, PMLD, SLD, complex medical needs, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.
We are looking to appoint a Medical Needs Co - Ordinator to join our busy and rewarding school starting in January 2025.
The postholder will work closely with school staff and stakeholders to support the medication processing and understanding in school such as feeds, medication, postural management, suction, personal care, and the administration records systems e.g. MARS charts.
We would welcome applicants with experience of working with children and young people who have complex medical health care needs, good administration and organisation skills and an understand of care plans e.g. EHCP and medical care plans.
Please see details of working pattern below to be worked 39 weeks per year during term time including 5 annual professional development full days:
Hours per Week – 22.5
- Working Pattern – 8.30am to 1.30pm each day
- Actual Salary £13,246 - £13,889 based on working part time during term time
You will also be required to work 3-5 pm on six occasions per year in order to undertake training and meet with your class team – these dates will be planned in advance and you will have plenty of notice.
Find out more about our school and download an application pack by visiting www.newfield.org.uk.
Completed application forms are returnable to recruitment@newfield.blackburn.sch.uk or to Recruitment Team, Newfield School, Old Bank Lane, Blackburn BB1 2PW
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 9am
Selection Process: Week Commencing Monday 25th November 2024
Newfield School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.
PLEASE NOTE – INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED
What the school offers its staff
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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
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CVs are not accepted.
About Newfield School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Newfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@newfield.blackburn.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01254588600
Newfield School is an impressive, well-resourced special school situated in Blackburn, Lancashire providing high quality specialist education, care and therapy for children and young people aged 2 - 19 years with a wide range of learning difficulties including Autism, PMLD, SLD, complex medical needs, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.
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