College Nurse Practitioner (Students)
Hours; Full time (37hours per week) for 38 weeks per year (Term time plus 2 training weeks)
Duration; Fixed term until 2nd July 2027
Salary; £38,810 (£33,884.12 pro-rata) per annum plus benefits
Location; Rotherham College, Rotherham
About the Role
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a College Nurse Practitioner to work within the Safeguarding and Student Support Team. The role of a College Nurse Practitioner is to provide a professional, confidential and holistic health service to the College community. This role involves delivering first aid, offering advice and guidance on physical health matters, and conducting risk assessments related to health.
As College Nurse Practitioner you will act as a bridge between clinical healthcare and educational support, offering immediate intervention for physical and mental health crises. A core function of this role is to act a key member of the Safeguarding Team and to work alongside members of cross College teams and external stakeholders to promote physical health for all our students. The key fundamental to this role is to promote Health and Wellbeing of all learners across the College.
You will plan and deliver a monthly Health Promotion Programme, tailored to address known relevant health issues, e.g. sexual health, healthy lifestyles, smoking etc. liaising with the Student Support Services and Marketing teams to maximise learner engagement with their programme.
This is a truly rewarding role, which you can make your own through developing new initiatives and procedures to ensure all of our learners are happy and healthy whilst studying with us to be the most successful they can be.
You will…
To be successful as a College Nurse Practitioner you will need experience of working within a medical or clinical health environment with a recognised clinical mental health or contraception and sexual health qualification as well as registration of a nurse or nurse practitioner.
You will have experience of delivering learning/training to groups of young people and/or staff on health and wellbeing related topics. You will have experience of working as part of a team but also able to work independently.
In addition to the vocational/professional industry qualifications, you will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths or be willing to work towards.
Department Info
The role of College Nurse Practitioner will be part of the Safeguarding and Student Support Team, managed by the Physical and Mental Wellbeing Team Leader. You will work collaboratively with different departments within college; including; Director of Campus, Curriculum teams and business support teams.
Our excellent benefits and rewards package:
Access to local government (with employer contributions from 17.7% to 23.68%)
Up to 44 days annual leave per year (29) including closure during Christmas period
Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
Free Parking available at all of our sites
Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made
What is the RNN Group?
RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;
We are Inclusive,
We have Integrity,
We Deliver,
We are One Team.
We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)
We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme and offer reasonable adjustments to all applicants throughout the recruitment process.
The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.
The Group’s core operating hours are 8.30am-5.00pm (9pm on a Tuesday and Thursday during term time). You may be expected to work at any time during these hours to ensure business needs are met.
All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.