PART I: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL NURSE
The Health and Well-being Centre is open 24 hours a day during term-time. The nurses are well-supported by the Lead Nurse and are overall supported by GPs in St Pauls Surgery Winchester.
The principal responsibility of the School Nurse is working within the medical team as part of the wider team at the school to ensure that physical, mental and emotional needs of pupils are met. A school doctor holds a surgery at the Health and Well-being Centre twice a week in the afternoon.
The role in the Health and Well-being Centre offers many challenges and opportunities. The school nurse will be expected to undertake health assessments of pupils who become unwell during the school day. Responding to minor injuries and sporting accidents and accurately recording all treatments given. Respond to pupils who maybe suffering with mental health or supporting pupils with emotional needs.
Responsible to: The School Nurse will report to the Lead Nurse.
This is a term-time position, 37.5 hours per week.
Main Responsibilities
The School Nurse will be under the day-to-day supervision of the Lead Nurse. All the nursing staff will work under the professional supervision of the appointed college doctors and their medical practice.
The School Nurse will have the following duties; this list is not exhaustive and the duties will be reviewed periodically:
Liaising with fellow professionals, educational staff and parents/carers, with the aim of providing a high level of service and striving to continually improve and evaluate the quality of the service.
The successful candidate will be/have:
Essential:
Desirable:
PART II: BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND APPLICATION
Start date
This appointment will commence as soon as possible.
Hours of Work
Salary
The pro-rata salary is c. £24,000 (gross) per annum. The FTE salary is c. £35,000 (gross) per annum. Salary is paid monthly, in arrears, to a nominated back account in 12 equal payments. Salary levels are reviewed on 1 September annually and this appointment will be next reviewed in September 2024.
Holiday
The College leave year runs from 1 September to 31 August. This position will be entitled to the statutory holiday requirements. These are presently 5.6 weeks, including Bank Holidays. Any Public Bank Holiday occurring during term time is deemed to be a normal working day. All leave must be taken by prior arrangement and must be taken outside of the school’s term times.
Induction and Continuous Training and Development
The school is fully committed to the induction, training and development of all our staff, with staff supported to grow and reach their full potential.
We deliver a range of training, run by both our own staff and external providers, varying from highly practical First Aid courses to seminars and learning lunches on many aspects of teaching and learning. In the medical centre, regular clinical team meetings are held, and support includes supervision and access to further opportunities.
There is an annual cycle of appraisal offering the opportunity to reflect on professional practice and development opportunities.
The school also offers a wide range of apprenticeships supporting staff development and progression.
Pension and Life Cover
On employment, employees will be auto-enrolled into the College’s pension scheme according to legislative thresholds. Those who are not eligible for auto-enrolment may still elect to join the College’s pension scheme.
Initially, when joining the College’s pension scheme, employees will become a member of the College’s Group Personal Pension Plan (GPP). For this Plan, known as Tier 1, the employee contributes 4% and the employer 3%.
After 9 month’s membership of the Tier 1 plan, employees may opt to join Tier 2, which is also a GPP, where the employee contributes 5% and the employer 9%.
Employees in Tier 1 automatically qualify for a Life Cover of 2 times salary. On entry to Tier 2, Life Cover changes to 4 times salary.
Wider Benefits
Winchester College is situated in the heart of beautiful, historic Winchester. Staff are offered a free tour of the College, with discounted rates available for booking venues within the school’s grounds for hospitality events.
Probation, Notice Periods
The first four months of employment will be a probationary period. Regular reviews with line managers take place over the probation period with the opportunity to discuss progress, identify any areas for action and ensure that there is appropriate guidance and support in place to enable successful completion of the probationary period.
During the probationary period, the notice required by either party to terminate employment will be two weeks.
Once employment is confirmed, the notice period will be one month.
Disclosure Check
As Winchester College is an educational establishment, a condition of employment will be that the successful candidate must consent to the school obtaining an Enhanced Level Disclosure Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This will reveal all spent and unspent convictions, warnings, cautions and bind-overs. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on the school’s website.
Safeguarding is one of the primary responsibilities of this role. The jobholder is responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact with, and will need to adhere to and ensure compliance with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times. A School Nurse should be conversant with the responsibilities and procedures detailed in this policy and with the Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education. If, in the course of carrying out the duties of the post, the School Nurse becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the school, they must report any concerns to the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead or in their absence the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
References and Other Pre-employment Checks
The appointment will be dependent upon the receipt of a successful medical check and satisfactory references. The College will usually seek references from shortlisted candidates before interview and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications. At least one referee must be the current or most recent employer. Where applicants are not currently working with children but have done so in the past, one referee must be the person by whom they were most recently employed when working with children.
HOW TO APPLY
Only applications completed on the school website will be accepted. Please attach a full CV and covering letter with your application.
Please note that applications will be dealt with as they arrive. Winchester College reserves the right to appoint before the deadline passes.
Those wishing for an informal conversation about this role are invited to speak to Karlene Cullen, Lead Nurse ([email protected]).
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the recruitment process, please email [email protected].
Data Protection
Winchester College collects and processes relevant personal data as part of its everyday operations and is obliged to process it in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Act 2018. The school is the Data Controller of this data under the Act and is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. Its registration number is Z5751669.
If you have any queries or comments about this policy or how personal data is processed by the school, please contact the Bursar and his team by emailing: [email protected] or by writing to: Data Protection, The Bursary, Winchester College, College Street, Winchester, SO23 9NA.