School Nurse, NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION
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About the Role
Nord Anglia Education seeks a dedicated School Nurse for Etqan Global Academy in Doha, Qatar. The role involves managing the school medical room, providing first aid and nursing care, administering medication, and supporting student health and wellbeing.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the day to day operation of the school medical room, ensuring it is safe, well stocked and fit for purpose
- Provide prompt, professional first aid and nursing care to students and staff who are injured or unwell
- Assess, monitor and respond to student health needs, referring to external providers or emergency services as appropriate
- Administer prescribed medication in accordance with individual healthcare plans, school policy and Qatar regulatory requirements
- Maintain accurate, confidential medical records and individual healthcare plans for all students
- Act as a key member of the school's safeguarding team, supporting the identification and reporting of welfare concerns
- Develop and deliver health education and wellbeing initiatives for students across all phases
- Communicate proactively and professionally with parents, staff and external medical providers regarding student health matters
Requirements
- Registered Nurse qualification (RN) with current, valid registration with the NMC or equivalent regulatory body
- Paediatric nursing qualification or significant paediatric nursing experience
- Current Paediatric First Aid and Basic Life Support (BLS) / AED certifications
- Minimum 2 years' post registration nursing experience, ideally in a paediatric or school setting
- Understanding of safeguarding and child protection requirements in an international context
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Arabic language skills desirable
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The Role
- We seek an individual to join as School Nurse where your focus will be managing the day to day operation of the school medical room, providing first aid and nursing care, and supporting student health and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing the day to day operation of the school medical room.
- Providing prompt, professional first aid and nursing care to students and staff.
- Assessing, monitoring and responding to student health needs.
- Administering prescribed medication in accordance with individual healthcare plans.
- Maintaining accurate, confidential medical records and individual healthcare plans.
- Acting as a key member of the school's safeguarding team.
- Developing and delivering health education and wellbeing initiatives.
- Communicating proactively with parents, staff and external medical providers.
The Successful Candidate will possess
- Registered Nurse qualification (RN) with current, valid registration with the NMC or equivalent regulatory body.
- Paediatric nursing qualification or significant paediatric nursing experience.
- Current Paediatric First Aid and Basic Life Support (BLS) / AED certifications.
- Minimum 2 years' post registration nursing experience, ideally in a paediatric or school setting.
- Understanding of safeguarding and child protection requirements in an international context.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English; Arabic language skills desirable.
- Experience working in Qatar or the Middle East, and knowledge of Qatar Ministry of Health regulations (desirable).
About Nord Anglia Education
- Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading international schools organisation.
- Our 80+ international schools educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to secondary education.
- We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.
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