Medical Room Officer

Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3BN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 5, Points 12 to 17 . Actual salary £21,545.11 per annum on point 12 (pay award pending).

Medical Room Officer job summary

MEDICAL ROOM OFFICER

Salary: NJC Scale 5, Points 12 to 17 (£28,598 to £31,022 per annum FTE). Actual salary £21,545.11 per annum on point 12 (pay award pending).

Contract: Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave. 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday with a 30 minute unpaid break. Term Time plus 5 training days (39 weeks per year)

Start date: October 2026

Place of work: Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon

Place of work

Hinchingbrooke School have an exciting opportunity for a Medical Room Officer to manage the day to day running of the medical room. The successful applicant will be able to support the wellbeing and safeguarding of students in respect of medical matters.

Reporting to the Assistant Principal (Student Services), you will be responsible for the triage and support and ongoing care for all pupils reporting to the medical room, including;

• first aid assessment
• first aid treatment, contacting the relevant emergency services if required
• keeping accurate and secure medical records,
• reporting medical interventions to parents/guardians as required,
• working with the student services team to ensure the robust safeguarding standards of the school are upheld.

Why come to Hinchingbrooke?

Hinchingbrooke is an outstandingly beautiful school, set in acres of grounds and adjoining a country park. Our ambition is to provide all students with a broad, challenging, and progressive curriculum experience. Extra-curricular activities are a much-valued feature of the school, and we seek to appoint staff who are willing to help maintain this tradition.

This is a fantastic school to work in: on interview, we ask candidates for their impressions of the School and without fail they comment on how wonderful our students are, the positive team ethos amongst staff and how friendly and welcoming the School is.

Staff Benefits:

• 23-30 days annual leave increasing with years of service, plus bank holidays
• O2 Staff discount
• Free use of on-site leisure facilities including gym and swimming pool
• Free car parking
• Generous employee pension contribution scheme and death in service benefit (LGPS)
• Day one entitlement to contractual sick pay
• CPD access and support
• Employee assistance package (counselling & advice)
• Access to staff discounts from local suppliers.

Hinchingbrooke School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

For further details please visit our website Hinchingbrooke School - Home.

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

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.

About Hinchingbrooke School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 2173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hinchingbrooke School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hinchingbrooke-school-huntingdon

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