Special Needs School Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A major NHS Trust based in Manchester is seeking a passionate Registered Children’s Nurse for a fixed-term, part-time role focused on supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. This position offers opportunities to deliver high-quality care and collaborate with integrated health and social care services while championing equality and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children's Nurse with substantial post-registration experience.
• Proven ability to assess, plan, and implement nursing care.
• Experience in multi-agency working and children's safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based nursing care to children with Complex Medical Needs.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams for health promotion.
• Provide health education and advocate for children and families.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Leadership

IT skills

Autonomous working

Education

Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RN Child)

Preparation for Mentorship

Evidence of post registration professional development

Job description

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Main area Special Needs School Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Term Time Only) Hours

• Part time
• Term time hours

26 hours per week (26 hours (Term Time Only)) Job ref 349-LCO-7222456*

Site Special Needs Nursing Service Citywide in Manchester Town Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Registered Children’s Nurse to join our forward-thinking Special Needs Nursing Service in Manchester. This is a 12-month fixed-term role with 26 hours per week, term-time only, where you will play a key role in supporting children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The applicant needs to be a car driver and owner, and be able to cover the citywide service area in Manchester.

Main duties of the job

Excellent communication, organisational, IT andleadership skills.

Deliverevidence-based nursing care to children with Complex Medical Needs and SEND in school and community settings.

Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team to deliver high-quality care. Ability to assess, plan and implement care to CYP with complex health needs

Provide specialist health promotion tailored to children with SEND, with a focus on improving health outcomes.

Work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to support children withLearning Disabilities, Autism, and Complex Health Needs.

Provide care plans and deliver training to school staff, parents and caregivers to ensure the CYP can safely attend school.

Act as an advocate and safeguard vulnerable children

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your appAt MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.lication, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RN Child) (RSCN) and/or Learning Disability Nurse
• Substantial Post Registration Experience
• Preparation for Mentorship
• Evidence of post registration professional development/first degree or equivalent qualification/experience
• Leadership Qualification/Experience

Skills/Knowledge and Understanding

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the health and nursing needs of children and young people, including complex behavioural, social and emotional needs
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of current health promotion targets and ability to deliver health promotion adapted to SEND population
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with experience of case management of complex young people
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Knowledge of SEND and health responsibilities
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
• IT literate
• Knowledge of vulnerable children and young people and experience in children’s safeguarding
• Knowledge of factors which increase disabled children’s vulnerability
• Able to deliver therapeutic interventions 1:1 or group sessions
• Knowledge and experience of how chronic illness/long term conditions affects the child and family
• Ability to act as an advocate for child and family
• Ability to negotiate and work across agencies in a professional manner

Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of working with children and young people within SEND
• Experience of working with children with complex health needs
• Experience of autonomous caseload management
• Knowledge and experience of teaching staff and parents
• Knowledge and experience in safeguarding children
• Experience of working as a School Nurse within mainstream or special needs schools
• Experience of line managing junior staff
• Experience of dealing with challenging situations

Other relevant criteria

• Car owner/access driver
• Ability to work flexibly to cover a citywide service

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Emma Millerchip Job title Team Leader - Special Needs Nursing Service Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01615296053 Additional information

Alternatively, you can contact Soraya Begum, Head of Service, Children's Community Nursing Service (Complex), on

[e-mail] or 0161 529 6643