Job Description

Merefield school are seeking a dedicated and experienced healthcare professional for this highly rewarding role, supporting children with complex medical needs throughout the school. This is a critical role that involves taking delegated responsibility for assessing care needs, implementing care programmes, and ensuring the highest standards of medication safety.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Providing direct advice, support, and care for pupils with complex medical needs, including those with tracheostomy, gastrostomy/jejunotomy, central lines, and shunts. Coordinating care between health professionals and families, including undertaking assessments to compile and maintain accurate Individual Healthcare Plans (IHCPs) (e.g., for asthma, epilepsy, allergies). Ensuring safe and effective medication practices, administering daily medication, transcribing medications onto MAR charts, and maintaining strict records for storage, administration, and disposal. Providing comprehensive first aid and confidently responding to and managing all pupil health emergencies. Taking a person-centred approach to care, providing general welfare support, personal care (toileting, dressing), using specialist mobility equipment (hoists, standing frames), and supporting assisted feeding. Liaising with parents/carers and external agencies (PHE school nurse) regarding health needs, and communicating sensitive information, including safeguarding concerns, to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). Attending meetings with professionals to support children's health, wellbeing and education.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to visit us, meet our team and most importantly, get to know our incredible students.

Pre-planned tours are available, to organise a tour ahead of application, please contact Gemma Parker, 01704 5771663 or email: recruitment@merefieldschool.co.uk

At Merefield School, we believe that it is every child's entitlement to achieve all that they are capable of achieving.

We will strive to create opportunities for all our pupils to shine, to show us what they can do and hopefully to surprise themselves by discovering new talents and abilities. Merefield School is built on shared values of respect, fairness and hard work. We have the highest possible expectations for all our children and young people and through providing the appropriate care, support and challenge, seek to help every child to meet them. We want all our pupils to aspire to be the best that they can be and to discover more in themselves than they thought possible.

We offer a rich and varied curriculum to cater for the wide variety of interests and needs within the school, which promotes independence, self-esteem and achievement for all.

You would be joining the Southport Learning Trust, a family of nine schools which includes six secondary schools and two primary schools in the locality. Schools in our Trust include Birkdale High School, Bedford Primary School, Greenbank High School, Kew Woods Primary School, Maghull High School, Merefield School, Meols Cop High School, Range High School and Stanley High School. Being part of a Trust would give you the opportunity to share and be involved in developing practice across multiple schools. You would benefit from an excellent Employee Assistance Programme and a commitment to your well-being and professional development.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 28,598.00-32,061.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person