School Doctor - Stowe School

Meliora Medical Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading medical services provider is seeking a dedicated School Doctor to join their team at Stowe School. This part-time position involves providing general medical care to boarding pupils, promoting health and well-being within the school community. Ideal candidates will hold an MBBS/MBChB and have experience in pediatric care and health education.

Qualifications

• Experience in schools is desirable.
• Skills in mental health and paediatrics would be beneficial.
• Experience with neurodivergence and lifestyle medicine preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide acute and chronic general medical care for boarding school pupils.
• Engage in health promotion and preventative care.
• Communicate regularly with parents and external professionals.

Skills

General medical care

Health promotion

Clinical leadership

Education

MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

MRCGP

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join us at Meliora Medical Group.

The leading medical services provider for the education sector, our range of medical services are used by over 150 of the UK’s leading schools & clubs and we are growing rapidly each year.

Job Title : School Doctor

Location : Stowe School

Contract Type : Part-Time (2 sessions/week)

Salary : £10,000 per session per annum

Start Date : September 2025

Role Description

This role entails 2 sessions per week seeing the circa 625 pupils who board at the school. Clinics run during term time and not during half-term or holiday periods. This equates to around 34 weeks in the year (this can vary by a small amount depending on exact term dates and the day clinics run on).

The boarding pupils will be registered with a local GP Practice to ensure they have access to high-quality NHS care.

The School Doctor will provide this NHS care as well as more specialist input as the School Doctor, in keeping with MMG’s standards and expectations.

In addition, the School Doctor will also be required to commit some additional time for preparation, training, and engagement with the school medical centre team as well as with the MMG team during holiday times. This can be discussed further at the interview and will be carefully outlined in the employment contract.

The School Doctor will:

Work closely with the expert medical, safeguarding, pastoral and academic teams present currently at the school. Provide acute and chronic general medical care for the boarding school population. Actively engage with health promotion and preventative care throughout the school. Guide the school for matters pertaining to health and well-being. Communicate regularly with parents and external professionals. Provide clinical leadership to the staff involved with health and well-being at the school. Perform a lead role in clinical governance at the school. Take an active role in service improvement for the care of pupils and in the delivery of health and well-being at the school. Liaise regularly with the School Medicine team at MMG to contribute their expertise and share lessons learnt to help improve the service provided.

More detail is outlined in the job specification, contract, and in further discussions.

The School Doctor will report to and be supported clinically by MMG’s Head of School Medicine and supported operationally by the MMG team.

Essential Requirements

MBBS/MBChB (or equivalent) MRCGP

Desirable Attributes

PHICIS/Sports medicine experience. Further Paediatric qualifications. For example, MSc in child and adolescent mental health. Mental health. Experience in Schools. Experience with learning skills and neurodivergence. Lifestyle Medicine – IBLM/BSLM, or BSLM Core Accreditation. Medical Education. FRCGP

How to Apply

To apply, please send your CV and a short covering email outlining your interest in the role to Dr Alex Maxwell, Head of School Medicine:

We will respond to every application and if we think that you’d be a great match for Meliora, and Meliora for you, then we’ll organise an initial interview.

Please note that we will hold all successful and unsuccessful applicants details on file unless you request us not to during the application process.