First Aid Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1489928

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Evidence of high standards and expertise in first aid, with a strong commitment to professional learning.

**SC2** Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication including the ability to utilise computer software products effectively.

**SC3** High level ability to work cooperatively and to a professional standard with all members of a school community - parents, students, staff.

**SC4** Demonstrated experience in supporting children and adults in a caring and compassionate manner yet maintaining professionalism and discretion.

**SC5** Evidence of experience in effective school records management, activity and injury recording, assessment and care planning.

**SC6** Demonstrated ability in medical emergency management and procedures.

**Responsibilities**:

- The responsibilities of this position will be:

- Provide first aid and quality care to staff, students and visitors as required.
- Triage student medical needs effectively and efficiently given the large number of students who attend First Aid this is important
- Ensure first aid supplies are kept replenished.
- Ensure a termly stock take of first aid kits is undertaken on a regular basis.
- Liaising with relevant staff regarding student wellbeing/medical conditions as necessary and provide necessary training/support in relation to ongoing medical needs
- Liaising with parents regarding a students ongoing and immediate medical needs
- Ensure Health support plans are filled in with Student details when new health care needs are identified and handed to the principal.
- Maintain student medications and ensure all administered are recorded on the Department Medical log.
- Entering Injury Report Data on to Compass and notify parent when necessary.
- Support school events: Organising first aid supplies for excursions, camps and whole-school activities.
- Arranging emergency procedures when cases arise.
- Be familiar with and enter reportable incidents onto edusafe plus and notify Principal team and BM of notifiable incidents in accordance with Worksafe.
- Maintain the first aid room in a high standard of hygiene.
- Liaising with the Occupational Health and Safety Officer when appropriate.
- Reviewing and replenish first aid kits located in various locations around the school to ensure all items are within expiration date and are fully stocked.
- All new/future students medical needs/plans are obtained prior to start date.
- Remind parents of current students that their current plan requires a review.
- Developing, maintaining registers for the following requirements:

- Students with anaphylaxis
- Epipen expiry dates (includes student and school EpiPens)
- Staff with mandatory anaphylaxis training
- Staff with first aid training
- Identify and organise First aid training in liaison with Buisness Manager.
- Undertaking relevant professional development as required
- Ensure you keep yourself up to date with department policies/guidelines
- Other duties as allocated by Business Manager and/or Principal
- Act as First Aid Warden during emergency situations and training drills.

**Who May Apply**:

- Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:

- Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:

- The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Other Information**:

- Cover Letter
- Resume
- Selection Criteria
- Please ensure your name and job reference is included on every page.

**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**Location Profile**:

- Greenhills Primary School, established in 1962, is situated in a quiet residential location between the north-eastern Melbourne suburbs of Greensborough and Diamond Creek, within the municipality of Nillumbik. The location of the school, on a well maint