College Nurse

TES FE News; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An outstanding college in Birmingham seeks a College Nurse to enhance the health and wellbeing of its students. The successful candidate will provide critical medical and mental health guidance, support safeguarding duties, and contribute to a caring, inclusive environment. The role can be full-time or part-time, supporting a team dedicated to securing the best outcomes for students.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing support for medical and mental health needs.
• Ability to work as part of a safeguarding team.
• Skills in first aid and student wellbeing support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure medical and mental health support for staff and students.
• Lead on first aid matters and support qualified first aiders.
• Part of the safeguarding team for student safety.

Skills

Administration

Communication

Compassion

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Nurse

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic College Nurse to join our Student Services team. Within this role, you will be responsible for ensuring staff and students receive support and guidance with their medical and mental health needs. Our nurse must be caring and compassionate, with excellent administration and communication skills. Someone who is full of ideas is crucial to work as part of a team to develop the student experience and support all aspects of physical and emotional wellbeing.

This post will lead on first aid matters across the college by supporting a team of qualified first aiders. The successful candidate will also be part of the college core safeguarding team to caseload referrals and ensure that all students are kept safe.

If successful, you would play a vital role in the College, which is graded as ‘outstanding’ in all categories by Ofsted. Our College excels in providing a broad, inclusive and high-quality education to all of our learners, which has resulted in some of the highest levels of progression to Higher Education in the sector. In 2023, students at Joseph Chamberlain College achieved outstanding exam results.

Our College is situated within easy reach of Birmingham City Centre, in a state-of-the-art building with superbly equipped classrooms and outstanding facilities.

We were featured in the 2019 Parliamentary Review for best practice in further education for the second time and we have been awarded the Teachers’ Development Trust (TDT) Silver Award for our comprehensive package of innovative and high impact professional development.

If you are aspirational for all young people and want to play a part in shaping their futures, we would really like to hear from you.

Hours of work: Full-time, term time only, permanent, or part-time, job share.

Please specify the contract type on your form. If you request part-time role, please specify your preferred days/ times.

Salary: Up to £36,483 FTE, and this will be adjusted in line with the hours and term-time contract.

Closing date: Tuesday 12th August 2025 (to arrive no later than 12 noon).

For job details and to apply, please visit https://www.jcc.ac.uk/about-jcc/jobs/. If you have any queries regarding this role or require support with your application, please contact the HR team via e-mail [e-mail] or call 0121 446 2255.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to respect this commitment. The job description fully sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of the post. All roles in the College have contact with children, and as such anyone that is employed by the College is considered to be engaged in regulated activities. Our roles are therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community.