Advanced Nurse Practitioner SEND

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Barking; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Barking seeks a B8a Advanced Practitioner for SEND to join their children's service. The role involves leading the Specialist School Nursing Team and providing comprehensive health assessments for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Candidates should be registered nurses with advanced training and have experience managing complex cases. The position supports a collaborative healthcare model and focuses on innovation in service delivery.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Wellbeing and benefits support

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Must hold a Master’s degree or have completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner training.
• Must have 2 years experience as an ANP in managing complex and high-risk children.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the Specialist School Nursing Team.
• Undertake comprehensive health assessments and initiate referrals.
• Deliver innovative interventions for children with SEND.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills

Worked with EPR such as RIO

MDT working

Education

Registered Nurse (RN child, LD)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Relevant MSc

V300 non-medical prescribing course

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a B8a Advanced Practitioner for SEND to join CDC nursing in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham NELFT. We are looking for someone who enjoys working as part of a skilled interdisciplinary team within our children’s service, working collaboratively with our partner agency for the benefit of children with special educational needs and disabilities and their families’ / carers’. The service supports babies’ children and young people in the borough across health visiting, school nursing and specialist teams, working collaboratively to ensure BCYP with additional needs (SEND) are assessed, diagnosed and supported appropriately to improve support and outcomes for their future. Working with our local partners to ensure the local offer is reflective of service provision that is responsive to needs. This is an exciting time to join our children’s service, and drive innovation for BCYP with SEND forward. This includes the development of neighbourhood MDT’s and our own Proactive care pilot for children which has made significant impact on children with complex health needs accessing their education.

This is a full‑time post with the opportunity for innovation in service provision working with the Consultant Nurse to ensure that Barking & Dagenham lead the way in meeting the needs of our diverse population. Working on QI projects and co‑production to ensure the local needs are the drivers for change.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold a Master’s degree in a relevant subject / or have completed the Advanced Nurse Practitioner training at Master’s degree level. You will hold the V300 non‑medical prescribing course.

• Act as a role model for the wider teams and service
• Support and manage the Specialist School Nursing Team
• Be responsible for undertaking comprehensive health assessments, physical examinations, initiate referrals and investigations. Working closely with the Consultant Paediatricians, ANP for ADHD and Consultant Nurse.
• Be involved in establishing delivering and leading a comprehensive service within community service for children with SEND.
• Work with parents / carers and local stakeholders to deliver innovative and impactful interventions and strategies.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are :

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with Us

NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Be a caring, compassionate, committed and experienced registered nurse and advanced clinical practitioner. Responsible for patients on their caseload and will assess, manage, diagnose, treat, plan deliver and evaluate care. Demonstrating safe, competent clinical decision‑making and expert care, ensuring the NMC code of professional conduct and the Trust values are embedded in practice.

Support the breaking of diagnostic news ensuring the family are supported through the process with access to resources and are able to leave appointments safely.

Support the Consultant Nurse in delivering on the children’s agenda especially SEND.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

Please only apply if you meet the essential criteria. We are unable to consider applications from candidates who have previously applied for this role.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High‑Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (RN child, LD)
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Relevant MSc
• V300
• English and maths

Desirable criteria

• SCPHN

Experience

Essential criteria

• 2yrs experience as ANP
• 2yrs NMP
• Managing complex and high‑risk children / young people

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• NHS plan and priorities
• comprehensive understanding of SEND
• Safeguarding children with SEND

Skills

Essential criteria

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• worked with EPR such as RIO
• MDT working
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT :

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.