First Aid/Ohs Officer

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 04/11/2024

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 1437130

**Location Profile**:
Davis Creek Primary School is a co-educational Prep to Year 6 that opened in 2020. Over this time we have grown rapidly due to our positive reputation within our local community of Tarneit. We have rapidly grown from 253 students to over 920 students in 2024. Tarneit is a thriving multi-cultural community positioned only 25km from the CBD of Melbourne.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, positive, and passionate first aid officer/nurse to work as part of the school team and school community to contribute to our collaborative culture at our school.

We have an administration building including library, two learning community buildings and a Performing Arts and Physical Education (PAPE) building. These includes flexible collaborative learning spaces, explicit instruction glassed rooms, presentation spaces, quiet reading areas or small group nooks, specialist labs, games and construction settings and staff work spaces.

Davis Creek Primary School aims to build a school culture that demonstrates a strong belief in and a commitment to providing a rich and rigorous curriculum within a safe, secure and enriched learning environment for our children. We have a clear focus on catering for the diverse range of students at their point of need. Our core mission promotes a mindset of international mindedness, and provide a supportive, nurturing and challenging learning environment, with high expectations for student success. Our approach to wellbeing for all members of our community are aligned to our curriculum framework and we implement many practices from the Berry Street Education Model. Our school believes that relationships are the foundation of learning and life.

Another major feature of our school¿s curriculum is the development of a high quality Performing Arts, STEM, Visual Arts, Mandarin and Sporting Program that fosters student¿s intellectual, social and physical development.

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We believe that together we will achieve more.

**Vision**

Davis Creek Primary School¿s vision is to nurture a creative and collaborative learning environment where teachers and students can;
- achieve beyond their goals and provide excellence in teaching and learning in a safe and supportive education environment
- flourish as caring individuals who display compassion and build positive relationships
- embrace challenges and take principled action, both locally and globally developing international mindedness
- be engaged, empowered and energised learners who demonstrate a high level of agency
- develop positive and genuine partnerships with the community.

**Mission**

Davis Creek Primary School¿s mission is to develop and support a successful and inclusive environment where all students actively participate in and assume ownership of their learning. Together we create a rigorous instructional program, which promotes globally minded, creative, curious, confident, and reflective lifelong learners.

**Values**

Davis Creek Primary School¿s values are based on the acronym of **C**urious, **_A_**_gency, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_xcellence _C.A.R.E

Please visit our website to learn more about our school to ensure our school¿s philosophy is aligned to yours or call for a confidential chat.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** - Demonstrated experience, skills and understanding of the role of a First Aid Officer in a school for students with health needs.

**SC2** - Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment, including high level oral and written communication skills.

**SC3** - Demonstrated experience in effective student record management, activity recording, assessment and care planning.

**SC4** - Ability to work independently, to accept supervision as required and to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.

**SC5** - Demonstrated experience with DET OHS policies and procedures to ensure timely implementation in a primary school setting to maintain compliance would be beneficial.

**Role**:
Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.

Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

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