Medical Room Assistant

St Michael's Catholic Grammar School; East Finchley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

St Michael's Catholic Grammar School invites applications for a role delivering first aid and health-related support across the whole school community. The role includes managing prescribed medication stocks, accompanying pupils to medical appointments as required, and keeping health information up to date for staff and pupils.

The position also involves providing first aid resources for trips, maintaining an accurate accident book, and assisting in locating students missing from class.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication with staff, pupils and parents.
• Strong organisational and record-keeping abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage stocks of prescribed medication and first aid supplies with parental consent and documentation.
• Accompany pupils to doctors or hospital as needed until a parent arrives.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals and update health information for staff and pupils.
• Provide teaching staff with first aid resources for school trips.
• Maintain an accident book and assist in locating students missing from class.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

First Aid at Work Qualification

Job description

The Governors invite applications for this role indelivering first aid and other health-related support for the whole schoolcommunity.

The role incorporates a range of tasks including:ensuring stocks of prescribed medication (and first aid supplies) are managed in line with parental consentand with the appropriate documentation, accompanying pupils to doctors’surgeries or hospital as necessary until parent/carer arrives, liaising withother healthcare professionals and ensuring relevant staff are up to date withhealth information generally and for individual pupils.

In addition, this role includes providing teaching staff withappropriate medication and other basic first aid resources for school trips,maintaining an accurate accident book and, on occasion, assisting in locatingstudents missing from class. An appropriateFirst Aid at Work Qualification is required.

This person will work under the direction of the MedicalRoom Lead and the Head of Sixth Form (Pastoral). Ideally suited to this role would be someonewith excellent communication skills as they will be liaising with staff, pupilsand parents/carers.