School (Staff) Nurse

Eton College; Clewer Village; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Eton College invites applications for a School Nurse in the Health Centre to provide nursing care to pupils and first aid to staff, assess minor illness and injury, monitor long-term conditions, and run clinics such as asthma, vaccination and wound care.

You will keep patient records, administer medicines, update immunisation records and contribute to health promotion and education for a variety of topics across the College.

Qualifications

• Provides nursing care for pupils and first aid for staff.
• Assesses minor illness and injury.
• Manages immunisations and vaccines.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care for in-patients and out-patients.
• Update observations and records accurately.
• Care for unwell pupils in Health Centre and assist with doctor rounds.
• Assist with triage, venepuncture and wound care for out-patients.
• Administer medicines and treatments, including asthma and allergy care.
• Carry out minor injury assessments and treatments.
• Provide travel and routine immunisations.
• Promote health education across topics.
• Record height, weight, BP, and other health data for new pupils.
• Participate in training on health topics and staff education.
• Provide First Aid to staff and pupils on site.
• Work on a rota including late shifts and on-call as needed.

Skills

Nursing care

First aid

Immunisations

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the College as a School Nurse with the Health Centre department. The role of the School Nurse is to provide nursing care to pupils and first aid to staff. You will also be responsible for providing basic assessment of minor illness and injury, monitoring long-term conditions, keeping records of patient consultations, drug administration and updating immunisation records. You will also run nursing clinics such as morning surgery, asthma, vaccination and wound care clinics.

Responsibilities and duties

• Responsible for providing nursing care for in-patients and out-patients;
• Ensure observations of in-patients are updated regularly and recorded accurately;
• Responsible for the general care of pupils who are unwell in the Health Centre, supplying them with a light meal if required (the College provides training on food hygiene);
• Supervise morning surgery with the doctors; ensuring pupils who are in-patients are seen daily by their doctor;
• Assist with care of out-patients including triage, venepuncture, and wound care;
• Responsible for administration of medicines and treatments; including asthma care and allergy care;
• Carry out assessments and provide treatment of minor injuries and sport injuries;
• Provide travel immunisations and routine immunisations;
• Be involved in health promotion and health education of a variety of topics;
• Ensure medicals are carried out for all new pupils, accurately updating their records (with height, weight, urine, BP, VA, PEFR, etc);
• Active participation in training and team development activities, including training sessions for Dames on subjects such as but not limited to asthma, diabetes, ADHD, epilepsy and anaphylaxis;
• Provide "First Aid" care to college staff while on site. Provide first aid to pupils.
• Exhibit a flexible approach to working on a rota basis of late and early shifts, which may include being on-call at night and to provide necessary cover where needed;
• Promote good general nursing care;
• Work within the relevant legislation, policies, and procedures;
• Undertaking other duties not specifically stated which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility.

All employees of Eton College are also expected to:

• Have a good understanding of