School Nurse

Overview

Job Purpose

Key Accountabilities

• Deal with students’ health issues including administering drugs, vaccines and other appropriate treatments
• Check on lunch boxes and the food served in the school canteen to support the school’s agenda on maintaining a healthy living environment; as well as undertaking healthy eating talks with students
• Manage all issues with DHA/HAAD including compliance, approvals and statistics
• Make sure all First Aid Kits are appropriately maintained
• Undertake School Medicals with specific year groups
• Communicating with Parents regarding health and safety issues
• Administer vaccinations in the school (DHA/HAAD approved only)
• Communicate and liaise with Children’s Health department at the DHA/HAAD
• Support, manage and caring for children with very specific health issues e.g. diabetic students
• Member of the Health and Safety Committee
• Support and work closely with the school on Child Protection
• Input clinic visits into proactive system

Requirements

• ***Education:***
• Appropriate Nursing qualification and DHA / HAAD approved
• ***Experience:***
• 3 years’ experience of Nursing in a recognized environment e.g. Hospital / School Clinic
• ***Competencies:***
• An extensive knowledge of Primary Health Care in particular in relation to families and children
• Ability to advise and support colleagues in practical application of effective and efficient health care for young people

Attributes

• Caring and empathetic with an affinity for working with young people
• Non-judgmental and approachable
• Excellent communication skills
• High degree of confidentiality

School Values and Behaviours

• All staff are expected to conduct themselves in line with the school’s values which are: Courage, Honour, Humility and Fellowship.
• While the School’s values set out what matters most to us, the behaviours below are intended as a shared set of expectations to refer to, and standards to aspire to, in our dealings with others.
• They are the practical application of our values.
• *COURAGE*
• We remain optimistic and purposeful in a disrupted world.
• We take responsibility for our decisions, even the hard ones.
• We always challenge poor behaviour in ourselves and others.
• We are open to new ideas and seek fresh challenges.
• *HONOUR*
• We keep our promises.
• We act with integrity – doing the right thing, even when it is difficult or when no one is watching.
• We respect and value our traditions whilst setting them in the context of today.
• *HUMILITY*
• We work hard to serve others within the School and across our wider communities where possible putting their interests before our own.
• We give and seek honest and appropriate feedback, reflect on our failures and learn from them.
• We support each other through challenges and whatever the outcome, we celebrate those that took part.
• *FELLOWSHIP*
• We respect each other and value our differences, knowing that we are more effective and more resilient working together.
• We are kind and inclusive; we value the contribution that each of us makes.
• We role model the behaviours that we would like to see in others; we ask only of others what we would be prepared to do ourselves.
• *Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Taaleem.
• We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.*
• *Note: It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.*
• *This advertisement is posted on behalf of Harrow International School Dubai which is part of the group owned by Taaleem Holdings PJSC and independently operated under a licence to use the Harrow School brand.
• For further details of the relationship, please see the relationship statement on the harrowdubai.ae website.
• Accordingly, applicants should be aware that the employer will be part of Taaleem Holdings PJSC’s group and under its control and not Harrow School.*