Student Healthcare Officer

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised and caring individual who possesses common sense, flexibility and the ability to communicate positively with a wide range of people. This role would suit a candidate who has a background in a caring or medical profession, who has the ability to provide a clinically effective high-quality service to our students.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing first aid treatment/advice to students and staff

• Administering approved medication to students in line with statutory requirements

• Maintaining effective records, risk assessments and healthcare plans for all students

• Supporting with the referral process of students to a doctor or hospital

• Contacting parents/carers with regards to students' welfare and/or illness

• Supporting on Schools Immunisation Programme

Experience of working within a healthcare setting would be advantageous. Due to the need for accurate record keeping, administration experience including competent IT skills, will be essential. Experience with working with young people would also be very helpful.

Key benefits to being an employee of STAGS:

• Every staff member has a voice and opportunities for whole school improvements

• Flexible personalised staff training

• Opportunities to lead whole school projects

• Excellent opportunities for career progression

• A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing

• Free onsite parking and an onsite Cafe

St Albans Girls’ School:

• is an Outstanding school with over 1,440 students and exceptionally high standards of behaviour

• is a highly successful, heavily oversubscribed school in St Albans with a thriving sixth form

• offers excellent opportunities for career development with a comprehensive ECT programme

For further details of our school please visit our website.

We are happy to discuss the position with you further, please email us at [email removed] or apply to our Headteacher, Mr Paul Kershaw, via the My New Term website (see link on our website).

Closing Date for applications: 16 September 2026 before 9.00am

Interview Date: From 17 September 2026 (or earlier for strong applicants)

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

St Albans Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at STAGS is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

St Albans Girls' School is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and encouraging challenge.

We strive to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our pluralistic society and the ethnic make-up of the student population in the UK. People of colour are currently under-represented on our staff team/governing board. We are keen to attract applications from a diverse pool of candidates and determined to be a fully inclusive employer, and a great workplace for people of Black, Asian and ethnic minority heritage as well as white heritage.