Medical Welfare Officer

Lime Academy Forest Approach, Romford, Essex, RM3 9YA

27 days remaining to apply

Start date details
TBC
Closing date
15 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 February 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: £33,052.05 - £33,933.29 Annually (Actual) NJC Points 23 - 25 (Term Time Only, 39 weeks, 36 hours a week)

Medical Welfare Officer job summary

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 8 schools over 10 locations across Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and four all-through special schools, with 2400 pupils and over 700 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:

- Learners are safe and enjoy learning

- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued

- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood

- Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.

Overview of the role:

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who can:

- provide medical care and support to all pupils along with administrative duties associated with the post

- administer routine drugs to all pupils where and when required

- liaise with medical teams outside school to ensure all medication processes are up to date and safe for each child

-attend medical reviews, annual reviews and medical meetings for pupils

-look after and support the health and wellbeing of all pupils

- work under the direction of SLT

- manage the safe and effective administration, storage of medical supplies and pupil medication

- ensure that safe and effective protocols are followed throughout the school for moving and handling, feeding of students , first aid, seizures

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

- Strong communication skills

- Experience of working with children with SEND is desirable

- Practical experience of using ICT systems

- A commitment to the vision and values of the Trust, alongside a collaborative and effective partnership working style will enable you to fulfil this role

- You will be a highly motivated practitioner who is committed to implementing significant and sustained improvements across the schools and the wider Trust, who is enthusiastic to see all our learners’ flourish in safe, secure and welcoming learning environments.

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted therefore you may be called for interview prior to the closing date.

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on limeacademyforestapproach.office@limetrust.org to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.

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.