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School Nurse

Landau Forte College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LF

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• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  20 April 2020 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 April 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,750 FTE
• Additional allowances:

  •A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment ; •The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students ; •Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust ; •A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours ; •Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) ; •Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health ; •Complimentary gym membership

School Nurse job summary

Landau Forte College is looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic School Nurse. You will provide students and staff with first aid support, keep and maintain student health records and draw up individual health care plans for students, in liaison with parents/ carers and outside agencies. We want our School Nurse to play an active role in school life, working closely with pastoral staff to enhance our offer of student support. We are an outstanding school with a real community feel, our students are amazing! This is a great opportunity to work in a happy, diverse and successful school.

Do you want to work with inquisitive students and collaborative staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?

Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place for you.

*Key information
•Hours: 8.00am – 4.30pm
•Weeks: Term time only
•Contract: Permanent, full time, term time only
•Start date: ASAP
•Salary: £23,750 FTE
•Closing Date: 27 March 2020

*What we can offer you
•A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
•The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
•Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
•A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
•Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
•Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
•Complimentary gym membership

*Person specification
The successful candidate will:
•Be a registered Nurse (RGN with valid NMC PIN)
•Experience of multi-disciplinary agency working
•A good understanding of child development and health issues relating specifically to 12 – 18years
•Enthusiastic, committed and proactive approach

Desirable but not essential
•Experience of working with young people
•Experience of delivering training

*Job description

Reporting directly to the Assistant Principal for Inclusion, the School Nurse has responsibility for the health and welfare of all students, and to oversee the medical room, maintaining an active and regular point of contact for all students

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
•Provide first aid treatment as required.
•Oversee the Medical Room, including coordinating the staffing of the Medical Room
•Maintain student files and dispense medication to students as advised by parents/carers. Ensure the security and delivery of controlled medicines.
•Decide when further medical attention is required and support students if requiring hospital treatment, including attending Accident and Emergency as required and contacting parents/ carers to advise on situation.
•Organise and deliver the immunisation programme within school
•Provide health screening opportunities and advice and guidance to students and staff.
•To carry out specified medical care procedures as necessary.
•To provide personal, social, hygiene, welfare and behaviour support for students.
•To contribute to the PSHE programme and delivery of specific health related subjects. Take an active role in delivering student assemblies and tutor time activities
•Write, maintain and update medical health care plans
•Take responsibility for writing and updating the Medical Policy
•Take an active role in identifying training needs for staff and resolving this need through delivery of training / coordinating relevant training
•Complete home visits where required
•Identify wider health needs and coordinate small group student intervention
•Work alongside and liaise with the health colleagues/ relevant stakeholders in the local authority, particularly the linked Local Authority School Health Nurse
•Take an active role, alongside the pastoral team, in generating and implementing strategies to support students reduce their dependency or frequent visits to the medical room
•Act as the lead practitioner for students with complex medical needs; liaison, meetings and updates with all stakeholders
•Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.

*About The Trust

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.

*Landau Forte College Derby

We are a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 – 19 College with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. In May 2014 we were accredited as a School Centre for Teacher Training by the National College for Teaching and Leadership. In February 2015 we were designated as a Teaching School and the College is a local, regional and national hub for professional development.

*The local area

Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.

Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.

· Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25

· London is 90 minutes away by train

· East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away

*For your information

If this sounds like the ideal job opportunity for you, please download and read our Information for Applicants document before applying:

https://lfct.org.uk/LFCDJobsInfo

*Apply for this job
1. Read the Guidance & Criteria document
https://lfct.org.uk/LFCTJobsInfo

2. Complete the application form online

Visit https://www.eteach.com/job/school-nurse-1097453

All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.

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.

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About Landau Forte College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1198 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Landau Forte College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@lfct.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/landau-forte-college-derby (opens in new tab)

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