Imperial Gate School is a nursery and Primary School located in a serene environment in Lekki, Lagos. We see ourselves as a beautiful small world where children are nurtured to explore learning in a fun, interactive, and novel ways.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: School Nurse
Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Purpose of Job
- The school nurse works with pupils, teachers and parents to promote good health and wellbeing in school age children and young people. As a school nurse, your duties include:
- Raise awareness of issues that can have a negative effect on student health (such as smoking and drug abuse)
- To give first aid treatment to children and staff and escalate immediately any accidents to the Head of School or any other management staff in her absence
- To support children with medical needs e.g. asthma and administer drugs brought in by parents for a sick child
- Promote healthy living in the school and supervise all the stewards to ensure they work diligently.
- Supervise the nannies and cleaners and ensure that the bathrooms and general school environment is clean at all times. Also monitor the use of cleaning materials
- Keep records of treatment administered to individuals and write reports on a weekly basis for effective follow up
- Supervise and co-ordinate the distribution of the children’s lunch to various classes
- Ensure that the support staff are properly dressed at all times and attend to members of staff when necessary
- Ensure the sickbay is tidy and neat always, monitor the temperature in the classrooms and carry out checks (hourly) of the toilets
- In case of an emergency, the nurse is expected to accompany the child or children to the hospital after due consultation with management and the parent(s)
- Provide training to teachers on healthcare issues and advising on school health policy (at least once in a term)
- Perform after-school duties of watching over and coordinating the children
- Attend to statutory duties during school holidays
Qualifications
- A registered nurse with at least two years experience.
- Preference will be given to candidates that reside within Lekki and its environs and those that have prior experience as School Nurse.
Application Closing Date
17th January, 2024.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@imperialgateschool.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.