Lead School Nurse and Health & Wellbeing Centre Manager

We are seeking an outstanding Lead School Nurse to lead this important provision. This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a key part in the pastoral life of one of the UK's leading independent boarding schools, ensuring that pupils receive the highest standards of healthcare, support and wellbeing throughout their time at Repton.

The School is committed to employing and rewarding staff who share its ambition, its aims and its values. This will be reflected in a highly attractive remuneration package as well as the investments in both staff and facilities.

• Free Sports Centre Membership
• Generous annual leave
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Repton is a truly remarkable place in which to live and work. As one of the country’s leading co-educational boarding and day schools, we combine a rich heritage with a bold sense of purpose, offering an education that is both academically rigorous and inspiringly broad. Our historic setting in the heart of Derbyshire is complemented by state-of-the-art facilities, a thriving community and an ethos that celebrates ambition, character and joy in learning.

At Repton School, the wellbeing of every pupil is central to our community. We are committed to ensuring that pupils feel safe, supported and cared for throughout their time at the School, enabling them to thrive academically, socially and personally. While we encourage pupils to embrace all that school life has to offer, we also recognise the importance of providing expert care, reassurance and guidance whenever challenges arise.

As a full boarding and day school, Repton offers a strong and highly integrated pastoral system, where the health, welfare and wellbeing of pupils are a shared responsibility. Pupils benefit from the support of House staff, tutors, matrons, nurses, counsellors and senior pastoral leaders who work together to provide exceptional care and oversight. At the heart of this provision is the Health and Wellbeing Centres at both Repton and Repton Prep; a vital part of the School community. The Centre provides a welcoming, professional and confidential environment where pupils can access high-quality medical care and wellbeing support.

Main Responsibilities:

The Lead School Nurse and Health and Wellbeing Centre Manager will be based across Repton School and Repton Prep, reporting to the Deputy Head (Pupil Wellbeing & Pastoral) and the Head of Repton Prep. The Key Responsibilities for the role are:

• Deliver and oversee high-quality, person-centred clinical care for a diverse paediatric and adolescent demographic, autonomously managing acute undifferentiated illness, complex chronic conditions, and emergency responses.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of School Nurses and Health Care Assistants across multiple sites, fostering a culture of clinical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous professional growth.
• This is a term-time role, with additional weeks as required, and attracts a competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• The Lead School Nurse and Health and Wellbeing Centre Manager is responsible for the strategic leadership, management and development of healthcare provision across Repton School and Repton Prep.
• The postholder will lead the delivery of safe, effective and compliant healthcare services, ensuring high standards of clinical practice, safeguarding, medication management, healthcare planning and policy compliance throughout the Foundation.
• Working closely with pastoral leaders, safeguarding staff, boarding teams, parents and external healthcare professionals, the Lead School Nurse will contribute significantly to pupil welfare, wellbeing and safeguarding.
• The role combines clinical leadership with operational management and governance responsibilities and will ensure that healthcare provision supports the School's wider pastoral and educational objectives.
• The Lead School Nurse will take responsibility for key policies linked to the health and wellbeing of pupils, including Care of Boarders, Administration of Medicines, Allergy Management, Medical, Dental and Eye Care and First Aid.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse (Adult, Child or Dual Registration) - Essential
• Evidence of ongoing professional development - Essential
• Qualification in leadership and management - Desirable

Experience:

• Significant post-registration nursing experience - Essential
• Experience working with children, adolescents or young adults - Essential
• Experience managing long-term medical conditions - Essential
• Experience leading staff and managing professional teams - Essential
• Experience developing and implementing policies and procedures - Essential
• Experience working within safeguarding frameworks - Essential
• Experience maintaining confidential medical records - Essential
• Experience of healthcare audits and inspections - Desirable
• Experience leading multi-site healthcare services - Desirable
• Experience of boarding School / ISI inspection environments - Desirable

Skills:

• Strong leadership and management skills - Essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Essential
• Ability to build positive relationships with pupils, parents and staff - Essential
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills - Essential
• Ability to exercise sound professional judgement - Essential
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and manage competing priorities - Essential
• Strong IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office - Essential

About Repton School:

Repton is the ancient capital of Mercia, and the School, founded in 1557 from a bequest from Sir John Port of Etwall, was established on the site of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey and latterly a 12th century Augustinian priory and the School today incorporates many of the original buildings from the estate. The School has over one thousand pupils across the Prep and Senior School, making it large enough to achieve excellence in and out of the classroom, yet small enough for individuals to grow and succeed. Repton and Repton Prep have always enjoyed a very close relationship and in 2020, the schools became a through-school. At Repton Senior, each pupil, whether day or boarding, is a member of a House. Academic standards are high and creative activities, including music, art, drama and design, flourish. The School has a national profile in sport, in particular in football, hockey, cricket and swimming. Our pupils thrive both in and out of the classroom and they develop the skills, qualities and values that will lead to a successful life.

Repton was one of the first British schools to set up overseas schools with the establishment of Repton School Dubai in 2007, and the development of a community of international schools is key to Repton’s future vision. Currently, Repton has schools in Dubai (2), Abu Dhabi (2), China, and Egypt, with plans to open a further four more over the next few years. Repton also includes five schools in the UK (Repton, Repton Prep, St Wystan’s, Vinehall and Marlborough House) with the ambition to grow its UK family of schools.