Nurse (Zero-Hours)

Brighton College is seeking to appoint Nurses on a zero hour basis

Main purpose of the role: 

The Brighton College Nursing Team are seeking NMC registered Nurses to join our supportive team as Bank School Nurses, to provide cover on an ad hoc basis in the School Health Centres, covering days, evenings, nights and weekends.

The Nursing Team are part of the wider Health and Wellbeing Team across the College, Prep and Pre-Prep Schools supporting the physical, psychological and emotional needs of our pupils from 3 to 18 years of age. The post holders will work within the Brighton College Nursing Team and provide outstanding person-centred and holistic care to the members of the Brighton College community which includes pupils and staff in line with the College and Prep School’s policies and procedures.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Centre day to day efficiency:

• Working with children, young people and their families to meet the health and wellbeing needs of pupils and also members of staff.
• Assessing pupils and staff who attend the Health Centre using professional knowledge, judgment and experience to treat them effectively and holistically.

Night duties:

• Continuing to assess and monitor unwell pupils overnight using professional knowledge, judgment and experience to treat them effectively.
• Following the standard operating procedures for nights duties.

Professional Skills and Training:

• Ensuring nursing validation and relevant qualifications and training are up to date to meet NMC registration requirements.
• To be willing to complete Child Protection training and any other training relevant to the school setting.

Communication and Record keeping:

• Maintaining medical records accurately, confidentially and safely.
• Assisting with compliance checks and documentation.

Health and Safety:

• Must always comply with the College’s Health and Safety Policies
• Identify risks involved in day to day and report them to the relevant team.

Person Specification:

We are seeking energetic and dynamic nurses who are motivated, diligent, kind, caring and trustworthy and someone who will have the child and young person at the centre of the care they provide. The post requires organisation, attention to detail and initiative to ensure that we are providing effective, quality care to our pupils.??

Key Attributes:

• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as the ability to work as part of the wider Nursing and Health and Wellbeing Team.
• A professional, flexible and proactive attitude.
• The ability to respond calmly, quickly and willingly to urgent and unexpected requests.

Hours of Work:

This is a term time (35 weeks) only appointment on a zero hour basis. The services you provide to the College will be on an ad-hoc basis. This means that whilst the College will try to give you as much notice as possible when offering work, there is no obligation on the part of the College to provide such work nor for you to accept any work offered.

Benefits:

• Complimentary lunch is provided.
• Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
• Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees.
• Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
• Brighton College provides a contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:

Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity.

For full details of the role please see the Job Profile Document on our website.