Special School Nurse - Furze Down School
Location: Winslow
Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, Special School Nurse to join our outstanding team.
The successful candidate will:
• Work autonomously within their sphere of professional practice to ensure all medical and first aid requirements including care plans are valid.
• Establish effective working relationships with, pupils, parents/carers, school staff and other professionals.
• Act as lead first aider for staff and pupils throughout the school.
Pupils attending our school have complex needs and medical conditions which include, but are not restricted to; anaphylaxis, epilepsy, asthma, Addison’s disease.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Range 5 (£27,802 - £30,175 depending on experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year; 09.00-16.00 (applications for flexible working considered)
Closing date: 16/05/2024 12:00
Interviews to be held: Dates to be confirmed
About us
At Furze Down School our vision is to: Create a Centre of Excellence for Special Educational Needs through our Specialism in Communication and Interaction; Raise the profile and status of children with Special Educational Needs, and to give support to their families and carers; Inspire and empower children and young people with SEN to become ambitious and aspirational for their futures; foster curiosity and a love of learning alongside the development of the key concepts, knowledge, skills and attributes important to being able to flourish in life, learning, work and leisure
About the role
Please see job Description attached
About you
Please see Person Specification attached
Other information
To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01296 711380
Email: [email protected]
Our school is wholly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.
We a legal duty of care for the health, safety, security and wellbeing of all pupils and staff.
This duty of care incorporates the duty to ‘safeguard’ all pupils and it is the responsibility of the Governing Body and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that this duty is uncompromised at all times. In performing this duty, we recognise that there can be no complacency where child protection and safeguarding procedures are concerned.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
