Medical Room Assistant
About This Role
The Governors invite applications for this role in delivering first aid and other health-related support for the whole school community.
The role incorporates a range of tasks including: ensuring stocks of prescribed medication (and first aid supplies) are managed in line with parental consent and with the appropriate documentation, accompanying pupils to doctors’ surgeries or hospital as necessary until parent/carer arrives, liaising with other healthcare professionals and ensuring relevant staff are up to date with health information generally and for individual pupils.
In addition, this role includes providing teaching staff with appropriate medication and other basic first aid resources for school trips, maintaining an accurate accident book and, on occasion, assisting in locating students missing from class. An appropriate First Aid at Work Qualification is required.
This person will work under the direction of the Medical
Room Lead and the Head of Sixth Form (Pastoral). Ideally suited to this role would be someone
with excellent communication skills as they will be liaising with staff, pupils
and parents/carers.