Special Needs Teaching Assistant — Medical Support

AMA Admin; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible days and hours

CPD and training opportunities

Dedicated consultant support

Job summary

Milk Education is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support learners with complex medical needs in a Leeds SEND environment. The role involves administering daily medical interventions, implementing health-related programmes, and working flexibly across sites as needed.

Training will be provided for medical tasks and you will liaise with NHS nursing teams and parents. The role requires maintaining care plans and logs, ensuring safe medication handling and contributing to safeguarding and student

Qualifications

• Flexibility to work across multiple sites to support learners.
• Experience or willingness to undertake training for medical interventions.
• Ability to liaise with NHS nursing teams and parents.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with complex medical needs by managing and administering daily medical interventions.
• Support learners with personal medical needs to implement health-related programmes, including first aid.
• Undertake regular training specific to medical tasks.
• Collaborate with NHS nursing staff to identify and monitor medical needs of pupils.
• Maintain and review individual care plans in liaison with NHS staff and report any discrepancies.
• Keep logs for medication storage, expiry dates and administration.

Job description

Milk Education is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support learners with complex medical needs in a Leeds SEND environment. The role involves administering daily medical interventions, implementing health-related programmes, and working flexibly across sites as needed.

Training will be provided for medical tasks and you will liaise with NHS nursing teams and parents. The role requires maintaining care plans and logs, ensuring safe medication handling and contributing to safeguarding and student