School Nurse

Park High School, Stanmore, HA7 1PL

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 July 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: £34,494.00 - £36,570.00 Annually (Actual)

School Nurse job summary

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher

Job Purpose:

The School Nurse forms part of the wider pastoral team and is responsible for leading the school’s Medical and Welfare Office. The role promotes the physical health, emotional wellbeing and safety of students, while also providing first aid and medical support to staff and visitors.

The postholder will act as the first response for medical incidents across the school site, manage student medical plans and medication, administer treatment within professional competence, monitor medical trends, support families with basic advice, and produce reports for the Senior Leadership Team and Governors. The School Nurse will also line manage the part-time Welfare Assistant.

Key Responsibilities:

Medical First Aid and Treatment

Lead the Medical and Welfare Office, ensuring medical facilities, first aid provision, equipment and records are maintained to a high standard.

Act as first response for medical incidents, accidents or emergencies involving students, staff or visitors, assessing need and arranging further treatment, parent/carer contact or emergency support where required. Provide first aid. Administer treatment within professional competence and in line with school policy, consent, care plans and clinical guidance.

Manage the safe storage, administration and recording of medication.

Coordinate first aid cover, staff first aid training and the deployment of First Aiders across the school.

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

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.

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 Park High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1475 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Park High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/park-high-school-stanmore

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