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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Special School Nurse (Band 5 or 6) to provide specialist health care for children and young people with medical needs within Ealing special schools. The role requires autonomous working and leadership of healthcare assistants within school settings.

The post involves working Monday to Friday 8:00–16:00 during term time, with a full-time contract. You will collaborate with families and partners to achieve optimal health outcomes and support children in

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with children's health experience
• Band 5 or 6 level clinical practice
• Experience in working with children with additional needs and schools

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist health care support for children and young people in Ealing Special schools
• Lead and support HCAs and school teams to deliver high-quality care
• Coordinate care with families, schools and partners to improve health outcomes

Skills

Special School Nurse

Leadership

Communication

Education

Children's nurse qualification

Job description

Special School Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit aSpecial School Nurse (Band 5 or 6)to provide specialist health care support for children and young people with medical needs for the Ealing Special schools.

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic staff who are able to work to work autonomously and provide leadership for HCA's . Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have the enthusiasm to join the well established team and support transformation?

Currently the Special School Nursing Team are based in the schools, working Monday to Friday 8.00-16.00, Term Time Contract/Full time.

You will be responsible for providing an excellent, high quality service to the children of Ealing who have additional needs and support one or several of the special schools in Ealing. Your work will entail working closely with children, their parent/carers and key partners to improve health outcomes and support children with special needs to achieve their full potential within all settings; at home, community and at school.

Good communication and working relationships with the school staff and school leadership team is an essential part of the role.

We welcome applications from children's or learning disability nurses with experience or interest in working with children with additional needs.

Together with job satisfaction, we can offer training, support and clinical supervision. If you want to join a team where your contribution is valued and where you have the opportunity to make a real difference in peoples lives, then we would like to hear from you.

Candidates are welcome to arrange informal visits to the special schools in by contacting Emma Lynch.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Special School Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and their families. Families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Special School nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model to healthcare assistants/ support workers/school staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026

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Special School Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum including HCAS Hours: Full-time Location: Southall, UB2 4SD Job type: Permanent Posting date: 8 Sept 2026 Closing date: 8 Oct 2026

Summary

We are looking to recruit aSpecial School Nurse (Band 5 or 6)to provide specialist health care support for children and young people with medical needs for the Ealing Special schools.

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic staff who are able to work to work autonomously and provide leadership for HCA's . Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have the enthusiasm to join the well established team and support transformation?

Currently the Special School Nursing Team are based in the schools, working Monday to Friday 8.00-16.00, Term Time Contract/Full time.

You will be responsible for providing an excellent, high quality service to the children of Ealing who have additional needs and support one or several of the special schools in Ealing. Your work will entail working closely with children, their parent/carers and key partners to improve health outcomes and support children with special needs to achieve their full potential within all settings; at home, community and at school.

Good communication and working relationships with the school staff and school leadership team is an essential part of the role.

We welcome applications from children's or learning disability nurses with experience or interest in working with children with additional needs.

Together with job satisfaction, we can offer training, support and clinical supervision. If you want to join a team where your contribution is valued and where you have the opportunity to make a real difference in peoples lives, then we would like to hear from you.

Candidates are welcome to arrange informal visits to the special schools in by contacting Emma Lynch.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Special School Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and their families. Families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Special School nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model to healthcare assistants/ support workers/school staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026