King Alfred School is looking for a part-time qualified School Nurse, to join our full-time qualified School Nurse, to be responsible for running the School’s Medical Room and providing students with first aid and support. The School Nurse will manage the First-Aider(s), and will be part of a wider pastoral and medical/first aid team whose aim is to promote the physical health and emotional well-being of the pupils. From meeting the physical needs of some pupils, administering first aid to others, and guiding those who need mental health support, the role is a varied but vital one in our School community.
The Medical Room is open from 8:30 AM to 4:15 PM during the school day and is a welcoming space.
Responsibilities include:
- Establishing and maintaining up-to-date strategies, policies and protocols for medical care within the School
- Ensuring that pupils and, where necessary, staff are provided with first aid care
- Advising and informing pupils and staff on medical issues and pupils/adolescent physical health and emotional wellbeing
- Ensuring accurate and up-to-date medical records are maintained and are easily accessed by those that need them
- Ensuring that relevant medical information or concerns are passed on quickly to staff, parents and local public health teams.
The post-holder should:
- Hold a recognised nursing qualification and have several years relevant experience in a school, care home or other similar institution
- Be willing to obtain Level 3 Child Protection training and any other training relevant to the school setting
- Have experience and knowledge of working with type 1 diabetes and epilepsy including working with insulin pumps.
Full details can be found in the job description and person specification online.
If you share our vision and are a reflective, hard-working, and forward-thinking professional, we would very much like to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: midnight on 18th May 2025
To apply for this role please visit our website and apply via our online Application Form
We offer excellent benefits, including:
- Contributory Pension Scheme (5% employee contributions, 10% employer contributions) and associated life assurance scheme
- Termly opportunity to participate in car parking permit scheme
- Staff CPD
- Cycle to Work Scheme
All members of the King Alfred School community are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, social media checks, and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website or at Unlock
We are seeking to enhance the diversity of our staff and student body and would therefore particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our school community, especially those from the global majority. To read more about King Alfred’s diversity and inclusion statement, please see our DEI statement and KAS Against Racism policy.
