Paediatric Nurse
23 Apr 2024,
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190 Barnet Rd, Potters Bar EN6 2SE
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SCHOOL
NURSE BRIEF FOR THE POSITION OF
WOLDINGHAM SCHOOL
November
2021
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SCHOOL NURSEAs one of the UK’s oldest girls’
schools, Woldingham is proud to
be a pioneer of women’s education.
Our single-sex environment is
supportive and stimulating.
Woldingham is increasingly popular
and we expect to have more
than 600 students enrolled from
September 2021.
Students achieve outstanding GCSE
and A Level results opening doors
to exciting careers. Woldingham is
in the top 10% of schools for added
value.
Most students leave Woldingham to
take university places at prestigious
institutions in the UK and overseas.
Around 75% go to courses at
Oxbridge or Russell Group
universities. In the past five years
we have had 26 Oxbridge offers.
In recent years some of the most
popular UK universities for students
have included Bristol, Durham,
Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester and
UCL. Woldingham students have also taken up places at a range
of universities overseas including
Princeton, NYU and Cornell in
the USA.
Academic excellence in all subject
areas goes hand in hand with
learning beyond the classroom.
Our exceptional extra-curricular
programme of sport, clubs,
performing arts and outreach
into our local community enables
students to develop a wonderful
range of skills, expertise and
interests, alongside high-level
academic achievement. Every
student is unique. Our aim is to
“write your own story” at school and
throughout life.
Around 50% of students board – full,
weekly or flexi. Around 40% of our
students live locally, 40% come from
London and 20% from overseas.
Our global community is very
important to us and students from
more than 30 different nationalities
attend Woldingham.
The school
Set in 700 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside, Woldingham is one of the UK’s leading day
and boarding schools for girls aged 11-18. Our vision is to provide an outstanding education that
empowers women to change the world for the better.
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woldinghamschool.co.uk The Board of Governors agreed
a new strategic development plan
for 2019-2024, with a refreshed
vision and mission underpinned by
the school’s Sacred Heart values
of faith, community, intellectual
values, social awareness and
personal growth. The plan has been
extremely well received and the
school has made a positive start to
achieve the ambitious vision.
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SCHOOL NURSEWoldingham is a Catholic school,
where we welcome girls of all faiths
or none. W
oldingham is part of the
Sacred Heart Network, which has
schools in more than 40 countries
around the world.
Woldingham has a strong sense of
community based on a set of shared
principles which are:
• Faith and living responsibly in
the world today.
• Social justice and an awareness
which impels to action.
• Community and sharing
friendships with those outside it.
• Scholarship and a deep respect
for intellectual values.
• Personal responsibility and
growth in an atmosphere of wide
and appropriate freedom.
2 HISTORY
Founded by Saint Madeleine Sophie
Barat in 1842, Woldingham is one
of
the oldest girls’ schools in the UK.
Initially based in Acton, the school
later moved to Roehampton and in
1946 moved to our current home at
Marden Park. Initially a full boarding
school, Woldingham now has a well-
balanced mix of boarders and day
students.
As the first Sacred Heart school in
England, Woldingham was initially
called the Convent of the Sacred
Heart. It became Woldingham
School in 1985 when it moved to lay
leadership.
ETHOS
Woldingham is a happy and
successful school where we develop
confident, compassionate and
courageous young women.
Students are encouraged to nurture
respect for self, each other and for
the environment. The Woldingham
community is strong, forward-
thinking and kind. Students leave
Woldingham with academic results
that open doors, values to navigate
successful careers and family life
ahead, and friendships that last
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SCHOOL NURSEACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Woldingham is committed to
fulfilling the academic potential
of every student. A selective
school, Woldingham is proud
to be in the top 10% of schools
in the UK for ‘value added
education.’ In 2020, 72% of A
Level grades were A*-A and
62% of GCSE grades were 9-8.
In 2020, 10 Sixth Formers took
an EPQ and seven achieved
an A*.
Teaching and learning are
centred around our unique
WOLD model, which sets
out our expectations of every
lesson.
Willingness
to work hard and make mistakes
Opportunities to maximise all learning
Learning
is a life-long process
Determination to succeed
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curriculum with 27 A
Level
choices available in the Sixth
Form. There is an excellent
academic enrichment
programme for all students, as
well as a dedicated programme
for academic scholars and
intensive support for students
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SCHOOL NURSEas well as learn from setbacks. It
helps students face changes with
flexibility, meet failure with resilience
and manage their own busy lives
calmly.
As part of the THRIVE programme,
students develop study skills. Study
skills are developed as girls move
up through the school, with the
strong foundations built in Years 7
and 8 carried on through to the Sixth
Form.
THRIVE focuses on the importance
of wellbeing. Students learn about
handling social media, self-esteem
and body image. They learn how
to deal with pressure, responsibility
and making the right choices. All
skills needed to be successful at
school and as an adult.
BOARDING
Woldingham’s boarding tradition
remains strong with the school
providing a flexible approach to
boarding to meet the needs of
families today. Around half of
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ASTORAL CARE
Pastoral care is at the heart of
the school.
At Woldingham every
student is known and supported as
an individual by both teaching and
support staf f. The school supports –
and expects – students and staff to
be kind to each other. Woldingham’s
single-sex environment is supportive
and stimulating. It enables students
to be themselves and to grow into
independent women who will make
a positive contribution to the world.
Relationships amongst the students
and the staff are excellent. Tutors
provide excellent academic and
pastoral support and guidance for
students, in close conjunction with
Heads of Year, teaching and support
staff.
THRIVE
The school’s THRIVE programme
promotes emotional well-being and
enables every student to develop
the growth mindset, resilience
and self-worth to enjoy success
current students board with
options including full, weekly
and flexi-boarding.
Boarders live in their own
year group and are cared for
by a dedicated Head of Year,
housemistress and assistant
housemistress.
Boarders in Years 7 and 8 live
in Marden and Years 9 to 11
in Main House, with individual
study bedrooms from Year 10
upwards. Students in the Sixth
Form live in purpose-built modern
accommodation, providing the
perfect transition from school to
university.
There is a busy range of evening
and weekend activities with students
in the older years provided with
greater independence.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
Woldingham has a rich and varied
extra-curricular programme with
more than 80 clubs and activities
to choose from. Students are
encouraged to balance study with
activity, and to be committed and
proud of their wider abilities.
The House system fosters
community across the school, with
a busy programme of activities and
competitions. Woldingham has four
mixed-age Houses, each of which
promotes a spirit of community
among students of different ages
and staff. Students belong to one of
four Houses named after Patrons
with a close association to the
Society of the Sacred Heart. Houses
organise a wide variety of activities
including charity fund-raising events,
inter-House competitions and, a
highlight of the year, the House
Festival in September. House
assemblies are held fortnightly.
Each House has its own Mass
and feast where students and staff
celebrate together and focus their
fund-raising efforts.
Woldingham has an active outreach
programme to give back to the
community – both locally and
more widely.
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SCHOOL NURSEsport competitions throughout the
year, culminating in our annual
sports day
. We also offer a fantastic
range of sport trips within the UK
and overseas.
CREATIVE AND
PERFORMING ARTS
Woldingham’s Millennium Centre
has some of the best facilities for
music and drama performance
of any school in the country. The
600-seater acoustically designed
Dineen Auditorium includes an
orchestra pit and fully computerised
sound and lighting system. The
Millennium Centre also has recital
and rehearsal rooms, a studio
theatre, wardrobe room, dressing
rooms and fantastic foyer area.
Woldingham School has an
outstanding reputation for drama.
The industry standard facilities
and specialist drama staff support
students to create productions of the
very highest standard. The school
has high specification technical
support with state-of-the-art sound
and lighting run by a highly-qualified
technical crew.
The Music Department is well
resourced, dynamic and busy,
providing many and varied
opportunities for our musicians
to perform. Standards and
expectations are very high. In each
term there is a large-scale concert
and a number of informal and formal recitals. Our musicians perform
in the numerous joint productions
with the Drama Department and
the choirs lead the singing at
Westminster Cathedral for Masses
and the school carol service.
Woldingham’s art facilities are
outstanding with purpose-built
accommodation comprising two
studios, a 3-D area equipped with
a range of power tools and two
kilns, a dark room and a textile
room. Student artwork is displayed
throughout the school.
LOOKING FORWARD
The school published a new five-
year strategic plan in 2019 with
a refreshed vision and mission.
The school’s vision is to provide
an outstanding education that
empowers women to change the
world. Woldingham’s mission is
to be a happy and successful
school developing confident,
compassionate and courageous
young women.
The plan centres around six key
strategic objectives: developing
people; developing learning;
developing ethos and community;
developing infrastructure
and operations; developing
sustainability; and developing
communications.
5 SPORT
Sport is extremely important to life at
Woldingham and plays a vital role in
supporting physical and emotional
health and wellbeing. Sport is about
enjoyment, inclusion,
team spirit,
itness, competition and
performance. By the time our
students leave, our aim is for them
to have a lifelong commitment to
sport and healthy living. We rightly
celebrate the achievements of our
athletes, some of whom represent
their county and even country, and
our school teams who do well in
local and regional competitions.
Woldingham has excellent sports
facilities including a sports centre
with a large sports hall, two squash
courts, itness studio and a dance/
gymnastics studio. We have
extensive outdoor courts and
pitches, an indoor tennis dome, an
indoor swimming pool and an all-
weather pitch.
In the autumn and spring terms,
netball and hockey are our major
sports. In the summer we play
cricket, tennis and athletics. In
addition, students compete in sports
such as swimming and cross
country. We place great value in
being part of a team as well as
excelling as an individual.
The school has a busy weekday and
Saturday ixture list and participates
in district and county tournaments.
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SCHOOL NURSEThe role School Nurse
Health Centre
Senior Deputy Head Job title:
Department:
Responsible to:
ROLE AND PURPOSE
Woldingham is seeking to appoint
a
School
Nurse who will work full
time in school term time with
some work at the beginning and
end of the main school holidays.
The
School Nurse will provide a
clinically effective, high-quality
service of nursing care and
pastoral support within NMC
guidelines to pupils.
The School currently requires the
Health Centre to be staffed
overnight and therefore this role
could suit someone who wishes to
be resident as there is a one-
bedroom self-contained
accommodation available;
alternatively, the arrangement
could also be made for an
overnight duty basis. The School
will be prepared to discuss these
options for accommodation
arrangements at interview. The School
Nurse must maintain
registration as a general nurse on
the NMC register.
HEALTH CENTRE
The Health Centre provides care
primarily for boarders and day
pupils but also to staff and visitors
at the school. The team comprises
of two Nurses and is supported by
the local GP practice where the
doctor visits routinely each week in
term time. The Health Centre liaise
with the school pastoral team to
provide an effective 360-degree
programme of care for all pupils.
The role is varied and requires the
ability to work independently, as
well as part of a wider team.
The Heath Centre comprises of an
office and treatment room,
examination room and ward rooms
offering 10 beds, which are used
occasionally. The role would be
supporting the
the Lead Nurse who has
responsibility for the Health Centre
practice and procedures and is line
managed by the Senior Deputy
Head.
There is a genuine occupational
requirement (as defined by
Schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality
Act 2010) for the postholder to be
female. Accordingly, this post is
open to women only.
Close to London, yet in an
outstandingly beautiful rural setting,
Woldingham is a happy and
successful Catholic boarding and
day school for girls aged 11 to 18.
With a strong community and caring
culture, we are building on a proud
heritage that stretches back over
175 years. We’re now driving an
exciting future that’s underpinned
by fresh ideas, an innovative spirit
and state-of-the-art facilities.
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SCHOOL NURSEDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities •
Oversee the physical and mental
health of pupils of the school,
including health checks for all full
boarders.
• Act as a role model and motivator
for other members of the team.
• Provide first aid and emergency
care and treatment, as necessary.
• Adhere to the NMC Code
(Standards of conduct, performance
and ethics for nurses and midwives) and be conversant with
the relevant NMC advisory papers.
Managing regular surgeries, which
are available to all girls and
emphasise positive health, including
the weekly GP surgeries. Arranging
for resident staff (registered with the
GP) to see the GP during the school
surgery time, if practical.
•
Managing students with chronic
conditions e.g. Diabetes & Asthma.
• Providing nursing care of girls who
are admitted to the Health Centre,
including overnight occasionally.
• Maintaining and updating the
health records of all students.
• Full maintenance of the daily
logbook, recording the dispensing of
drugs following correct drug
protocols. •
Maintenance of first aid boxes
throughout the School;
• Liaise with parents, the Head, the
Senior Deputy Head, Head of
Boarding and Heads of Year/
Boarding Staff (and when applicable
to members of the Physical
Education staff) on matters of health.
• Support the Lead Nurse with
routine immunisations with the
School Community Immunisation
programme.
• Liaise with the boarding staff to
ensure the immunisations of those
who travel abroad are up-to-date.
• Arrange dental, orthodontic and
other medical appointments.
Organising escorts, informing staff,
parents and the Director of Finance
and Operations, as necessary.
• Ensure the timely reporting of
accidents, following the School
procedures.
• Ensure the provision of, and
access to, a range of publicity
materials on issues relating to
student health.
• Ensure stock is updated accurately
-keep and control of medical
supplies; maintaining safe storage,
and disposal. •
Apply appropriate procedures for
the safe disposal of medical waste.
• Provide advice on health matters,
including first aid and emergency
procedures, to staff.
• Promote health education
throughout the School, including
occasionally assisting with PHSE
and health related matters covered
as part of the school curriculum.
• Respond immediately when called
to an emergency. Woldingham has a
large campus and the Health Centre
is committed to a seven-minute
response time to attend an incident.
• Undertake any other tasks as may
reasonably be requested by the
Head.
• This Job Description provides a
guide to and general description of
the duties and responsibilities of the
School Nurse. It is not exhaustive
and may be amended from time to
time.
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SCHOOL NURSE The person
SKILLS
Desirable
•
Be self-motivated, enthusiastic and
committed to supporting the School
fully in this responsible position.
• Demonstrate excellent teamwork
skills whilst working with the Lead
Nurse.
• Possess high integrity and initiative
who can think ahead, prioritise and
work accurately and flexibly without
undue direction.
• Ability to mix easily and work
effectively with all members of the
school and wider community, pupils,
parents, staff and other professional
agencies.
• Demonstrate sound judgement and
discretion.
• Capable of being sympathetic,
patient, even-tempered and calm
when under pressure.
• Have energy and stamina; capable
of coping with the demands of the
post.
• A person who enjoys the company
of teenagers, is relaxed in their
company and who is keen to help
them with their health and personal
development.
• Have a good sense of humour and
be able to work effectively both
independently and as part of a team
• Be committed to continuous self-
development, by attending
appropriate training courses etc. •
Possess excellent administrative
and ICT skills. Knowledge of iSAMS
and CPOMS would be desirable.
• Be an effective communicator and
a sound command of written
English.
• Possess a driving licence and own
a vehicle would be desirable,
particularly given the size of the
school campus. ETHOS AND WHOLE
SCHOOL VALUES
Essential
•Committed to operating as part
of the School community and
having sympathy with independent
education and the values of the
Catholic nature of the school.
•
Committed to Woldingham as a
school with high academic standing
providing a holistic education and
outstanding pastoral care. SAFEGUARDING AND PASTORAL
Essential
•Committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children
and young people. QUALIFICATION
Essential
•
Fully qualified: RGN with
child/school experience, RN
with Child Branch or RSCN.
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woldinghamschool.co.uk Salary and Benefits
•
Start date: April 2022
• Salary:
Competitive (in line with
Band 5 NHS Pay scale)
• Pension: The successful candidate
will be auto-enrolled in the School's
defined contribution pension
scheme. There is an opportunity to
opt out.
• Hours of Work: This is a term time
position with an overlap for start and
end of term. The hours of work will
be based on a rota with the other
member of the nursing staff. Please
note that this pattern currently
involves overnight and weekend
duties to meet the needs of the
boarding pupils.
• Notice: There will be a probationary
period of a year, during this time the
notice period will be two months.
Thereafter, the notice
period required
by either side will be
a full term.
• Facilities: Meals are provided
during term time when on duty.
Members of staff can use the
School’s Sports facilities at allocated
times.
• Uniform: The successful applicant
will be expected to purchase and
wear an appropriate nursing uniform
to convey a professional image when
on duty, which the school will
reimburse.
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SCHOOL NURSEHow to apply The closing date for applications is 9.00am on
05 January
2022 .
Interviews will take place on 13 January 2022.
To apply please submit your completed application form to
hr@woldinghamschool.co.uk with a supporting letter.
The School reserves the right to interview and/or appoint at any time during the recruitment process. The vacancy will close once a suitable candidate has been appointed.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND STAFF WELFARE
Our professional team of staff is Woldingham’s greatest asset,
and we want to ensure that everyone is supported to work in
an effective, enjoyable and fulfilling way. Staff Development is
a high priority, with induction and mentoring programmes for
Newly Qualified Teachers and new colleagues, plus an annual
cycle of Personal Professional Development planning for all
colleagues and a new Leadership Programme in development
for September 2021.
Staff are welcome to use our range of outstanding facilities
including the gym, squash and tennis courts and the
swimming pool. Our Staffroom Committee organises regular
social events, and a range of wellbeing initiatives support staff
in their working life.
Woldingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare\
of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection \
screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers \
and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Woldingham School, Marden Park, Woldingham, Surrey, CR3 7YAT: +44 (0)1883 654308 E: hr@woldinghamschool.co.uk
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