School Nurse

 (Term Time 36 weeks)

Triweekly shift pattern of 4 shifts

07.30-14.00, 13.30 -21.00, on call from home at night, overnight stay in the medical centre flat.

£32,555pa

Royal Russell School educates over 1000 girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 18 and is situated on a beautiful green campus of 110 acres in the Shirley Hills near Croydon, only 30 minutes from Central London.  We have over 150 boarding students in the Senior School, and are proud of our day and boarding facilities that rank amongst the best in the South of England.  Our pupils, parents and staff experience a warm and friendly environment with strong pastoral care for every pupil alongside a comprehensive co-curricular and enrichment programme. In March 2016 the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) judged the school as ‘excellent’ in all areas and in October 2018 we successfully passed a full ISI compliance inspection.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time qualified RGN/RSCN/HCPC Nurse to join our well established team which consists of a Lead Nurse, 2 Registered Nurses, an Assistant Practitioner and regular Bank Nurses who all provide high quality primary and emergency healthcare, first aid, wellbeing support to boarding and day students and staff in our recently refurbished Medical Centre. You will play an active role in the development, provision and promotion of health and wellbeing for the School community and provide an essential and important part of the welfare and pastoral support within the School. You will work with the Deputy Head; Pastoral, boarding and day house staff, parents, students and external health care agencies in order to provide medical care and support that is second to none. We welcome candidates from a broad healthcare background with the appropriate experience and qualifications and a genuine interest in working with young people. You should have excellent clinical skills and high professional standards together with a lively, friendly personality, strong empathy with young people, excellent communication skills and be happy to work independently.

The Centre comprises of 2 clinical areas, a Counsellor consulting room, GP surgeries and in-patient facilities for boarding students. The rota does include night shifts for which an on-call nurses flat is provided from which staff provide waking cover when there are in-patients. Term time is a maximum of 36 weeks so you will benefit from long holidays and an average three days off a week.

Royal Russell offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary on our own salary scale with scope for progression, working in our beautiful green parkland estate with easy access to transport links, and being part of the vibrant community of the historic Royal Russell School. We offer an immediate non-contributory pension, free life cover, free car parking, free meals, a discount on School fees, and the use of our sporting and gym facilities. Full details of our staff benefits and recruitment procedures can be found on our School recruitment page: Click the apply button.

A fully completed application form which includes a supporting statement outlining the extent to which you meet our requirements as set out in the person specification, and details of two referees, one of which should be a current or most recent employer should be emailed to hr@royalrussell.co.uk. References may be taken up before interview.

Applications will be considered on receipt and should arrive no later than 12 noon on Monday 3^rd June 2019. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 10^th June 2019.

We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are encouraged.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including a check against the Children’s Barred List) and other pre-employment screening including references and medical fitness.