Job Title: First Aid Officer
Location: Hulme, Manchester
Salary: Points 18-20 on the Sixth Form College’s Support Staff Scale, currently £29,924 full time equivalent (£25,597 actual amount)
Job Type: Permanent, Term-time only
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 1st September 2023
Purpose of the role:
Primary responsibility for the provision of First Aid to students, staff, visitors and contractors and maintenance of first aid supplies for the College.
The First Aid Officer will work collaboratively with all departments, and liaise on a regular basis with the Head of Faculty for Academic Support to ensure effective and efficient administration and delivery of all facets of First Aid services across the College Campus.
The First Aid Officer will ensure the First Aid Room is a welcoming, supportive, effective and efficient environment for students, parents, staff and visitors.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Attending to ill or injured students, staff or visitors around the College Campus in a timely manner
- Maintaining electronic records of student medical conditions and allergies
- Logging any disclosed medical information on to MyLoreto
- Producing student reports and recommendations for trips and visits
- Maintaining a well organised, clean and orderly First Aid Room
- Maintaining resources, equipment and stocks relating to First Aid
- Working with the Facilities and Health & Safety Manager in organising and facilitating training in First Aid for staff, including asthma awareness and anaphylaxis management
- Ensuring that all relevant staff members receive accurate and up-to date information regarding students with particular/serious/chronic health issues
- Ensuring that student medication is stored, managed and administered to agreed procedures
- Ensuring that student medication accompanies students when they are off-campus for any reason during the day
- Being responsible for the contents and usage of first aid kits at the College and when students and staff are involved in offsite trips and visits
- Maintenance of the First Aid Log
- Completion of all necessary forms for accident and/or incident reporting
- Working with the Facilities and Health & Safety Manager to identify patterns in accident statistics and finding potential solutions/remedial actions required
- Coordination of lunch-time and absence cover for the First Aid Room
- Working with the Student Services and Heads of Hall Teams to support student wellbeing, either on a drop-in or appointment basis, recording outcomes as appropriate on the Student and/or Safeguarding Log.
About you:
Experience:
- Currently in a Senior First Aid role
- Experience as a First Aid Officer in a similar educational environment
Skills and Knowledge:
- High-level interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with an ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage competing tasks with a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with staff, students, parents and the wider College community
- Computer skills in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and Excel
- Ability to use, or to become proficient in the use of Loreto College’s intranet, MyLoreto
- Safeguarding experience within an educational background (Desirable)
- Have a good understanding of Diabetes management, seizure management and asthma attacks
- Ability to priorities students by their needs if there is more than one student that requires first aid at any one time
Qualifications:
- Fully First Aider trained
- Further AQF First Aid Certification (Desirable)
Attitude and Impact:
- Demonstrated interest in ongoing personal professional development
Personal:
- Enhanced DBS Clearance
- Ability to meet the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act (to be legally employed to work in the UK)
Benefits:
- Free secure on-site parking
- Cycle to Work and Technology schemes
- Free onsite fitness classes including Yoga and Pilates
- Free tea and coffee in all staffrooms and subsidised Starbucks pod on campus
- Free staff lunch and refreshments on inset days
- Access to wellbeing services such as private physio and virtual GP appointments through our enhanced Occupational Health package
- End of term all-staff celebration lunch
To apply for the role, please click the APPLY button and check your emails for further instructions.
PLEASE NOTE:
In order to complete your application for the role please follow the email instructions.
It is important for you to complete the form as we will not be able to proceed to your application unless this step has been done.
Candidates with experience of; Lead Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, School Nurse, Children’s Nurse, Nurse Coordinator, Primary Care Nurse, Nursing Coordinator, Paediatrics Nurse, Health Care Assistant, Care Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant may also be considered for this role.
