First Aid School Nurse

Job Information

Hamstead Hall Academy

Telephone number: 0121 386 7510

Email address: hr@hamsteadhall.com

Required September 2023

This is a great opportunity for a hard-working individual, who is looking to support our

school community. As the First Aid School Nurse, you will lead and manage the medical room, working closely with the Inclusion manager ensuring that you contribute to effective pastoral systems and procedures are consistently implemented.

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and caring person who will work alongside the Inclusion manager and Safeguarding Lead. You will be responsible for providing first aid for the students within the academy during the school day.

The ideal candidate has:

• worked as a professional in healthcare in a school as a competent first aider, paramedic or with ambulance services
• w warm and caring nature with the ability to develop positive relationships with students and colleagues
• a flexible approach to work with the ability to prioritise their workload
• excellent communication, organisational and IT skills
• a knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes – training can be provided
• a Registered General Nurse (RGN) or equivalent

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability

to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Please apply online

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

Support Staff

enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Terms and conditions

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.

Rehabilitation of offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.