Medical Welfare Officer

Houstone School, Dunstable, LU5 5PX

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap or following notice

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £30,334.00 - £32,906.00 Annually (FTE) AS 15-20 FTE £30,334-£32,906 pro rata £26,324-£28,556

Medical Welfare Officer job summary

Medical Welfare Officer

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Medical Welfare Officer who is experienced in providing first aid and medical support. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of how to appropriately identify and treat minor medical issues and have a full First Aid at Work certificate or a willingness to train immediately on appointment. They will be a resilient team player with excellent inter-personal skills, a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use their own initiative.

At Houstone School, our values of Integrity, Ambition, Excellence are underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our staff enjoy their roles with impeccable behaviour in lessons and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.

Key Duties:

Act as the lead Medical Welfare Officer and Lead First Aider, overseeing the Medical Room, first aid provision and the coordination of First Aiders across the school.

Ensure all First Aiders hold relevant and up-to-date training and qualifications in line with school policy and statutory requirements.

Maintain an accurate register of qualified First Aiders.

Maintain records of pupil health concerns and communicate relevant information to staff as appropriate.

Maintain, record and report medical incidents accurately, ensuring all records, including the Evolve Accident Book, are up to date and managed confidentially.

Liaise with parents/carers, emergency services, school staff and external agencies as required.

Provide medical support and first aid in accordance with school policies and procedures.

Administer medication, including prescribed medication, in line with individual healthcare plans and school policy.

Support pupils with pre-existing medical conditions, ensuring appropriate healthcare plans are in place and followed.

Provide assistance with the physical needs of pupils who require additional support.

Provide administrative support, including maintaining medical records, recording and reporting accidents, near misses and medical conditions, organising appointments, taking minutes and updating information on the school's Management Information System (MIS).

Ensure Healthcare Plans and Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) are completed, implemented, reviewed and kept up to date.

Organise and coordinate medical and first aid training for staff.

Manage medical room supplies, equipment and stock levels, ensuring resources are available, maintained and compliant with health and safety requirements.

Further duties are detailed within the Recruitment Booklet

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience of working in a school environment.

A full First Aid at Work certificate or willingness to train immediately on appointment.

Knowledge of how to appropriately identify and treat minor medical issues

English and Maths at GCSE grade A-C or equivalent

ICT skills with experience of using Microsoft Office and databases.

Excellent interpersonal skills, drive, energy and vision

A resilient character with a flexible approach to work

An understanding of Safeguarding, Confidentiality and data protection

JOB SPECIFICS

Start date: asap following notice

Salary: AS 15-20 FTE £30,334 - £32,906 actual pro rata salary £26,324-£28,556

Job role: Permanent, Full time, Term time + 5 INSET days, 39 weeks, 37 hours per week

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding and welfare of children is paramount and all our staff share this view. Applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding and child protection checks including with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

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 Houstone School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 765 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Houstone School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/houstone-school

Houstone School opened in September 2022 and we are determined to make a positive difference to the educational landscape in Houghton Regis and the surrounding areas.

There are some key differences that we believe make Houstone School so distinctive.

Houstone School will have very strong standards of behaviour, a different approach to pupils with additional needs that believes that they can meet the heights of their peers, and aspects like longer school days that fit in with modern family life, alongside a real commitment to getting the curriculum, teaching and learning right.

Houstone School, shaped by the families and the educational teams who design it, has freedom to direct resources where they are most needed, and to ensure that our curriculum is truly aspirational.

We believe that our combination of firm discipline, very high expectations, an academic knowledge-based curriculum, and a humble approach to feedback means that we can go on to be one of the highest-achieving schools in the country. We really do want to be a ‘grammar school for all’.

Our ambition is that every single pupil will be able to attend university, and most will attend the most selective universities. We are ambitious to be the best school in the country.

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