Medical Welfare Officer
Houstone School, Dunstable, LU5 5PX9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
22nd April
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 8am
Date listed
26 February 2025
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
- £29,393.00 - £31,886.00 Annually (FTE) actual pro rata £25,507 - £27,670
Medical Welfare Officer job summary
Medical Welfare Officer
Start date: 22nd April 2025
Salary: AS 15-20 £29,393-£31,886 FTE actual pro rata £25,507-£27,670
Job role: Permanent, Full time, Term time + 5 INSET days, 39 weeks, 37 hours per week Mon-Thu 8.15am-4.15pm & Fri 3.45pm with 30 minutes for lunch
Purpose of the Role:
To co-ordinate first aid, provide medical and general administration support. To liaise with staff, parents and carers, pupils and outside agencies as required. To provide effective and efficient medical assistance to pupils, staff and visitors. Including the assessment and treatment of minor illness and injury. Organise and implement the supporting pupils with Medical Needs Policy. Provide medical training for staff and manage the medical team cover.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Act as main First Aider and coordinate support from other First Aiders.
Ensure all First Aiders have all the relevant training.
Maintain a register of First Aiders in line with the policy.
Maintain records of pupil health concerns and inform staff as appropriate.
Maintain, record and report medical records accurately, safely and up to date.
Liaison with home, the emergency services, other staff and outside agencies as appropriate
Provide medical support in line with school policies
Administer medication to pupils (incl. prescribed)
Work with parents of pupils with health concerns – support to ensure appropriate attendance at lessons and continuance with learning, whilst providing the relevant care
Ensuring that young people with social, emotional and behavioural needs are supported or sign posted
Reporting welfare concerns to the Designated Safe-guarding Lead.
To assist pupils as necessary, with personal hygiene routines, including toilet training, changing of incontinent/ sick children
Providing assistance with the physical needs of pupils requiring this type of support
Liaise with parents of pupils with health concerns – to ensure maximum pupil participation as appropriate
Provide administration support, including record keeping and reporting of all accidents, near misses, preexisting and new illnesses, organising appointments, minute taking and recording information through the MIS
Organise training
Health and Safety Administration
Record attendance to the medical room on the school’s database and identify patterns.
Complete accident/incident reports using the school’s systems to share with the H&S committee meeting
Produce data to discuss with the School Leadership Team showing patterns, areas of concerns and areas for improvement
Ensure School Leadership Team are apprised of findings and recommendations arising from accidents/incidents and near misses
Ensure Health Care Plans are in place and PEEPs have been carried out.
Ensure all first-aid kits are prepared for use during all school activities, e.g. school trips and maintain first aid boxes placed around the school with the appropriate documentation completed, completing audits of contents and records of expiration dates, re-ordering when necessary.
Responsible for the safe storage, parental consent and doctor’s authorised dosage of prescribed drugs, including paracetamol and inputting this information onto the Evolve Accident Book platform.
Co-ordinate vaccination days and liaise with health professionals.
General Administration
Monthly Audits, and process orders for medical room stock.
Safe disposal of waste
Updating relevant information based on filing.
To meet with parents regarding Access Arrangements medical needs and liaise with SEN. Team and Exams officers.
Overall Responsibilities
Undertaking and participating in any training as and when required.
The post holder will undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade of the post, in consultation with the line manager.
This job description is subject to review and may be changed following consultation with the post holder.
It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the Trust concerning the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.
Support for School:
Participate in staff events by arrangement
Attend relevant and/or staff meetings as needed
Contribute and take part in Trust events and activities where possible
Develop and keep effective working relationships with other staff and parents/carers
Adhere to the Trust values
Follow school policies, practices, and procedures
The Trust has a commitment to be inclusive in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, social background, and academic ability and expects all staff to share this responsibility
To share and actively promote the academy’s commitment to promoting equal opportunities and tackling discrimination
Continuing Professional Development:
In conjunction with the line manager, take responsibility for personal professional development, keeping up to date with research and developments related to school/academy/place of work efficiency, which may lead to improvements in the day-to-day running of the Trust.
Undertake any necessary and identified professional development taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available, particularly when related to the use of ICT, for data management and record keeping.
Statutory duties:
Confidentiality
During the course of your employment you may see, hear or have access to, information on matters of a confidential nature relating to the work of the School or to the health and personal affairs of pupils and staff. Under no circumstances should such information be divulged or passed on to any unauthorised person(s) or organisations.
Safeguarding
To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for raising any concerns in line with School procedures.
Equality and Diversity
To be responsible for promoting equality and diversity in line with School procedures.
Health and Safety
To be responsible for following health and safety requirements in line with School policy and procedures.
GDPR – Data Protection
To be responsible for following GDPR requirements in line with School policies and procedures.
Training and development
To participate proactively in training and development including qualification development required in the job role.
Please note that the above list of duties is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks the Cover Supervisor will carry out. The post holder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the Principal, SLT or the Business Support Officer.
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
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 are not accepted.
About Houstone School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 517 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Houstone School website (opens in new tab)
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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