Receptionist & Medical Needs Officer

The role of the Receptionist and Medical Needs Officer will provide an efficient and effective receptionist and administration support service to the school and be the lead practitioner for the school's medical needs and first aid requirements, ensuring that all policies are maintained, and government guidelines are followed. Acting as the first point of contact, the Receptionist and Medical Needs Officer will receive visitors to the school and deal with enquiries in a helpful and professional manner, ensuring safeguarding protocols. Other key duties will include information gathering, collating medical information, producing student reports for trips, along with managing the medical room.

We are looking for a candidate who has excellent administrative experience, along with exceptional problem solving and analytical skills. The Receptionist and Medical Needs Officer will possess a demonstrable ability to deal appropriately and sensitively with confidential information and will be a self-starter who is proactive in improving the performance of their area and responsibility., We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Education Learning Trust, is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

• Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities


• School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry


• Opportunities for professional development and leadership


• A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings


• Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.