Medical Officer
Avanti Fields School, Leicester, LE5 0BX10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
22 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Refer to job description
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Grade 5, £29,546-£31,533 per annum. Approx £22,053-£23,537 per annum, pro rata (0.74641 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role
Avanti Fields School is seeking an experienced and highly organised School Medical Officer to lead and coordinate the medical provision across our school community.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality first aid and medical care, oversee individual healthcare plans, coordinate staff training and ensure robust medical and safeguarding procedures are in place.
Working closely with staff, parents and external healthcare professionals, you will play a key role in promoting a safe, healthy and supportive learning environment for all.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
What will you do?
- Provide first-line medical care and support to students and staff, assessing and treating minor illnesses and injuries, responding effectively to medical emergencies and promoting health, wellbeing and health education across the school.
- Develop, implement and review individual healthcare plans, maintain accurate and confidential medical records, coordinate immunisation programmes and ensure the safe management, storage and administration of medication.
- Lead and coordinate the school’s medical provision, including first aid arrangements, staff training, emergency procedures, medical equipment and resources, and the development and implementation of relevant health and medical policies.
- Work collaboratively with parents/carers, teaching and support staff, pastoral and safeguarding teams, healthcare professionals and external agencies to identify and respond to students’ medical, health and wellbeing needs.
- Promote a safe, inclusive and nurturing school environment by upholding health and safety, infection control and safeguarding procedures, maintaining professional standards and contributing positively to the wider school community and its ethos.
What are we looking for?
- Administrative and organisational skills
- Empathy and the ability to work with pupils
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and to use discretion in dealing with sensitive information
- Ability to deal in a professional manner with all internal and external contacts
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
- Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Fields School
- Organisation type
- Free School, Hindu, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- Size
- 1236 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Avanti Fields School website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Fields School is a new all-through school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding, and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it moves into its new state of the arts building and continues its journey to outstanding.
Avanti Fields School; we are an all-through; 3–16 Hindu-faith school – part of the multi-academy, Avanti Schools Trust.
Avanti Schools are extremely popular with Hindu and non-Hindu parents alike who want an outstanding, disciplined and inclusive environment for learning for their children.
Our established schools in London and Leicester are all at least rated good with outstanding features and have the highest expectations are our pupils.
Avanti’s faith ethos means high academic and moral standards and an environment that values and nurtures the best within all faiths.
Avanti Fields is a Hindu-designated faith school, part of the growing family of Avanti schools. However, staff and students at Avanti Fields School do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none; they will, however, be expected to be in full sympathy with the unique ethos and vision of the School.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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