Head Nurse

DOVER COURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (PTE.) LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Court International School is seeking a Head Nurse to lead the school health service, ensuring the safety and holistic care of all students. The role involves clinical leadership of the nursing team, safeguarding compliance, and collaboration with staff, parents and external health providers.

The successful candidate will have a nursing degree, SNB registration, and at least 5 years of paediatric or school health nursing experience, with strong inter-personal skills and a commitment to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree/Post Graduate Qualifications/Professional Qualifications in Nursing.
• Registered with the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant nursing experience, preferably in paediatrics, school health, or education setting.
• First Aid certified.
• Demonstrable strong knowledge of health promotion, safeguarding and child protection practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with students, parents, and other stakeholders from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain accurate medical records and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Inspire, mentor and guide the nursing team while fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the school health service to ensure the safety, wellbeing, and holistic care of all students across the school community.
• Provide clinical leadership and professional oversight to the nursing team, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent standards of care.
• Promote a proactive culture of health, safeguarding, prevention, and student wellbeing through education, early intervention and health promotion initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Singapore healthcare regulations, MOH, SNB requirements, safeguarding expectations, and school policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain high standards of clinical governance, medical record keeping, confidentiality, and medication management.
• Develop effective partnerships with parents, teaching staff, safeguarding teams, school leadership and external healthcare providers to support student health and wellbeing.
• Provide professional advice and guidance to staff regarding medical conditions, health risks, emergency care, communicable disease management, and student support needs.
• Maintain a calm, decisive, and professional approach in emergency and high-pressure situations while ensuring student safety remains paramount.
• Lead and continuously improve the school health procedures, systems, reporting, and operational efficiency to enhance service quality and student outcomes.
• Champion safeguarding and child protection practices and ensure all medical concerns are escalated appropriately in line with school protocols.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive environment within the Medical Centre aligned with Dover Court International School and Nord Anglia Education values.

Skills

First Aid certified

Pediatric nursing

Health safeguarding knowledge

Medical records confidentiality

Interpersonal communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Registered with Singapore Nursing Board

Job description

Established in 1972, Dover Court International School in Singapore is a leading inclusive international school with British heritage, serving international families, set on a green 12-acre site about 20 minutes from the Singapore CBD. Dover Court International School is a community with inclusion at its heart. With more than 2000 students aged 3 to 18, our unique Pathway programme enables us to provide an education that meets the needs of a diverse student population, ensuring all learners are appropriately supported and challenged in their learning. This is reflected in our excellent outcomes for all learners.

Our unique approach enables us to prepare all students to flourish in our dynamic world, so they are active participants in a globally connected community, now and throughout life.

At Dover Court, we believe every family deserves an exceptional start to their child's education journey.

Safeguarding

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class,safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils where we embrace all race, abilities, religions, genders, and cultures.All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence.

We're looking for a Head Nurse who will be responsible for leading and managing the school’s health services to ensure the physical wellbeing, safety, and holistic care of all students. The Head Nurse will oversee the daily operations of the school medical center, ensure compliance with local healthcare regulations and safeguarding requirements, and work collaboratively with school leadership, staff, parents, and external healthcare providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the school health service to ensure the safety,wellbeingand holistic care of all students across the school community.
• Provide clinical leadership and professional oversight to the nursing team, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent standards of care.
• Promote a proactive culture of health, safeguarding, prevention, and student wellbeing through education, earlyinterventionand health promotion initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Singapore healthcare regulations, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) requirements, safeguarding expectations, and school policies and procedures.
• Establish andmaintainhigh standardsof clinical governance, medical record keeping, confidentiality, and medication management.
• Develop effective partnerships with parents, teaching staff, safeguarding teams, schoolleadershipand external healthcare providers to support student health and wellbeing.
• Provide professional advice and guidance to staff regarding medical conditions, health risks, emergency care, communicable disease management, and student support needs.
• Maintain a calm, decisive, and professional approach in emergency and high-pressure situations while ensuring student safetyremainsparamount.
• Lead and continuously improvetheschool health procedures, systems, reporting, and operational efficiency to enhance service quality and student outcomes.
• Champion safeguarding and child protection practices and ensure all medical concerns are escalated appropriately in line with school protocols.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive environment within theMedicalCentre aligned with Dover Court International School and Nord Anglia Education values.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree/Post Graduate Qualifications/Professional Qualifications in Nursing
• Registered with the Singapore Nursing Board
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant nursing experience, preferably inpaediatrics, school health, or education setting
• First Aid certified
• Demonstrablestrong knowledge of health promotion,safeguardingand child protection practices
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with students, parents, and other stakeholders from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Ability to maintain accurate medical records and handle confidential information with discretion
• Possess the ability to inspire, mentor and guide the nursing team while fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment

Why Dover Court

Dover Court is not a typical school. For more than 50 years, we've shown that exceptional outcomes and inclusive education go hand in hand. We believe every child deserves to be known, valued and empowered to achieve more than they thought possible.

You’ll join a team that works hard, supports one another, celebrates success and genuinely cares about making a difference. Together, we help families find a school community where their children can flourish.