School Nurse/Senior Health Professional

Watling Academy, Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  2 August 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 July 2024

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: £30,296.00 - £34,834.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary - £27,280 - £31,366 p.a. (pay award pending for September 2024)

School Nurse/Senior Health Professional job summary

SCHOOL NURSE/SENIOR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Salary – £30,296 - £34,834 FTE

Actual Salary - £27,280 - £31,366 p.a.

Commencing – September 2024

Term Time + 2 weeks (40 weeks per year)

37.5 hours per week

8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday to Friday

Are you passionate about providing high-quality medical care and support within a school community? Do you have the leadership skills to coordinate a first aid team?

Watling Academy is seeking a dedicated and experienced School Nurse/Senior Health Professional to lead our medical care provision. In this vital role, you will ensure a safe and healthy environment for our students and staff. The successful candidate will be proactive in developing first aid protocols, possess strong communication skills, and be committed to supporting students with additional needs, including managing Health Care Plans.

Responsibilities include managing the Academy's first aid provision, overseeing first aiders, maintaining accurate records using the Medical Tracker IT system, administering daily nursing care, and ensuring safe medication management. The role also involves coordinating health records, vaccination programs, health and safety initiatives, personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs), and first aid training sessions.

Watling Academy was judged as ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED in May 2023 and is a purpose-built 11-18 secondary school in its fourth year of operation, located within the Whitehouse development on the western expansion area of Milton Keynes. The Academy will have 1800 students when at full capacity. Watling Academy is part of the Denbigh Alliance MAT.

The Denbigh Alliance has a track record of delivering academic success in subjects which offer students a real currency to progress into higher education or employment. We consistently outperform the Milton Keynes and national averages in terms of the results our students achieve. This academic success is built on the supportive, well-disciplined and dynamic learning environment we provide, which enables our students to focus on their studies. We believe that for a School to succeed there needs to be a genuine spirit of partnership between students, the Schoolandparents.

We are a Maths Hub, Computing Hub and SCITT and amongst the best in the country in terms ofraising standards, both within our Trust and in the schools that we support.

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit our website, www.watlingacademy.net,for more information about the school.

Applications will only be accepted via My New Term - please do not send CVs.

The Denbigh Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

E-mail: hr@thedenbighalliance.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr I Bacon

Closing date for applications: Friday 2nd August, 9am

Interviews: w/c 12th August

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 Watling Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1203 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Watling Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watling-academy (opens in new tab)

Watling Academy is a purpose-built secondary school in its second year of operation, located within the Whitehouse development on the western expansion area of Milton Keynes. The Academy will have 1800 students when at full capacity. Watling Academy is part of the Denbigh Alliance MAT.

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