Medical Welfare Assistant (with Reception Cover)

Roundwood Park School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 7am

• Date listed

  3 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £7,198.00 - £7,310.00 Annually (Actual) H3 (Pts 5-6)

Medical Welfare Assistant (with Reception Cover) job summary

School Medical Welfare Assistant (with Reception Cover)

Start date: Immediate

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Two days per week (Wednesday and Thursday), 9am until 3.30pm with a thirty-minute break. 12 hours per week in total

Term-time only (38 weeks plus two INSET days)

Grade: H3 (Points 5-6)

Full-time salary including Fringe: £26,312-£26,718

Paid salary reflecting actual hours/weeks: £7,198-£7,310pa

Our Medical Welfare Assistant works alongside our School Office and Reception Team to deliver First Aid and associated administrative tasks. The role might appeal to those from a nursing background, but this is by no means a requirement.

Our OFSTED grading has been confirmed as Outstanding (November 2023) and the inspection team have written that:

‘Staff say that they are very well supported. Staff feel valued. They have high praise for how leaders look after the staff’s well-being and their workload.’

‘A school of exceptional quality.’

You can find out more about us from our website or from our various very lively social media pages.

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We may choose to interview as we go, and we may close this advert early. Please do not delay your application.

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

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

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 Roundwood Park School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Roundwood Park School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roundwood-park-school-harpenden

Roundwood Park is a high achieving 11-18 school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Our OFSTED grading has recently been confirmed as Outstanding (November 2023) and the inspection team have written that:
‘Staff say that they are very well supported. Staff feel valued. They have high praise for how leaders look after the staff’s well-being and their workload.’
‘A school of exceptional quality.’
‘Pupils meet leaders’ exceptionally high expectations for their work, personal development and behaviour.’
‘A highly ambitious curriculum is in place for all pupils. A broad and rich curriculum prepares pupils exceptionally well.’
You can find out more about us from our website or from our various very lively social media pages.
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