School Nurse

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: School Nurse

REPORTS TO: The Principal / Head of Safeguarding and Wellbeing

JOB PURPOSE

To provide a professional nursing, confidential student care, health and hygiene service at school.

• Care for all sick students and make arrangements for supervised and secure transport for sick/injured students to be taken home or to hospital as required.
• Administer first aid and diagnose ailments/injuries which required medical attention.
• Organise and assist during all educational/medical welfare service visits.
• Assist the designated teacher in the delivery of social education/sex education programme as required.
• Provide consultation to individuals or groups on health related issues as required.
• Communicate with appropriate personnel regarding welfare of students.
• Regularly inspect the cloakroom/toilet areas for standards of hygiene.
• Advise Principal on occupational health issues and risk assessment after accidents.
• Advise Principal on health and safety issues related to the post.

• Operate manual and/or computerised information systems in relation to administrative tasks associated with the area of work.
• Complete and submit all records/returns as required.
• Maintain an inventory/records of resources.
• Order/purchase, receive, check, store, securely and distribute resources.
• Assist in school administration and photocopy as directed.

• Assist in maintaining standards of good order and cleanliness in the medical room and throughout the school.
• Implement all relevant school policies and procedures.
• Participate in any relevant training as directed by the principal.
• Such other duties as may be assigned within the level of the post.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times.

• You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how, and to what extent you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria, where relevant.
• You must demonstrate how you meet the criteria by the closing date for applications, unless the criteria state otherwise.
• The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is outlined in the table below.
• Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form.
• Please note that the Selection Panel reserves the right to shortlist only those applicants that it believes most strongly meet the criteria for the role.
• In the event of an excessive number of applications, the Selection Panel also reserves the right to apply any desirable criteria as outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting, in which case these will be applied in the order listed. It is important therefore that you also clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet any desirable criteria.

The following are essential criteria which will initially be measured at the shortlisting stage and which may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage
. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how, and to what extent you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted.

Factor

Essential Criteria

Method of Assessment

Qualifications/ Professional Membership

Hold a Bachelors Degree in Nursing (Regulated Qualifications Framework Level
6) or an equivalent qualification

Hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Shortlisting by Application Form

Knowledge

Demonstrable knowledge of the requirements of a nurse within a school setting

Demonstrable knowledge of child health development

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

Evidence of regular continuing professional development relevant to the role

Shortlisting by Application Form

The following are additional
essential criteria which will be measured during the interview/selection stage.

Factor

Essential Criteria

Method of Assessment

Knowledge

Demonstrable knowledge of the NMC professional standards of practice and behaviours for nurses

Demonstrable awareness of child protection policy and procedures

Interview

Skills / Abilities

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Effective planning and organisational skills and proven ability to work on own initiative

Ability to work calmly under pressure and make safe and effective decisions

Ability to develop positive working…