School Nurse - Cornerstone Academy Trust

This is an exciting time to join us at Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools based in Exeter, East Devon and in the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. The Academy Trust has a national and international reputation for its outstanding and innovative education and its schools are highly sort after. We are responsible for a number of Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’, working with other teachers and schools across the country to provide professional development and support with school improvement strategies.

We are wishing to recruit a School Nurse, who desires to deliver outstanding pastoral and health care to ensure our pupils can fully and safely access our broad school curriculum. Working alongside the Head of Children’s Services and the current Lead School Nurse, you will provide health and wellbeing support for pupils and work with parents and other medical professionals to determine and support children’s needs. This would include supporting Teaching staff in understanding and implementing Individual Health Care Plans, ensuring there are adequate resources in place to support those children, as well as helping to deliver larger class lessons or staff training to ensure that the PSHE aspects of the Primary school curriculum and Mental Health provision are delivered. Some experience of working with children/young people and Public Health Nursing experience are desired.

You will have access to the Local Government pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs. Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to help them fulfil their duties and we support all staff with an investment in their professional development through training and a good performance management process, where a bonus is payable to those who achieve highly. We recognise the importance of keeping up to date with the latest information relating to school nursing and would encourage participation in courses or webinars to facilitate this as required.

For further information about our schools, please visit www.tcat.education.

We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for all our posts. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please note online searches may be done as part of pre-recruitment checks.
A job description and an application form can be obtained at www.tcat.education/vacancies.
Your completed documents should be returned by email to vacancy@tcat.education.