Special Needs School Nurse

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

Job summary

Le Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust recrute un(e) infirmier(ère) spécialisé(e) pour enfants pour soutenir les jeunes ayant des besoins éducatifs spéciaux et des handicaps. Ce poste à temps plein, dans un service dynamique, nécessite une expérience dans la gestion de cas et le soutien des enfants dans les écoles et les communautés.

Qualifications

• Inscription NMC active et permis de conduire requis.
• Expérience dans la gestion de cas d'enfants jeunes ayant des besoins complexes.
• Capacité à travailler de manière autonome.

Responsibilities

• Gérer de manière autonome un cas d'enfants ayant des besoins de santé complexes.
• Évaluer, planifier et fournir des soins pour les enfants dans les écoles SEND.
• Former le personnel scolaire et les aidants.

Skills

Communication efficace

Gestion de cas

Capacités d'évaluation et de planification

Travail en équipe

Education

Infirmier(ère) enregistrée pour enfants (RN Child)

Expérience post-inscription substantielle

Formation à la supervision

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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

Join Our Dynamic Special Needs Nursing Service!

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 full-time, 12-month fixed-term role where you will play a key role in supporting children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Main duties of the job

We’re looking for a passionate Registered Children’s Nurse to join our dynamic Special Needs Nursing Service in Manchester. This 12-month fixed-term role offers an exciting opportunity to support children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in both specialist schools and community settings.

Independently manage a caseload of CYP with complex health needs.

Assess, plan, and deliver care for children within SEND schools.

Provide training for school staff and caregivers, promoting health for children with SEND.

Assist in the development of the team and nursing practices.

Active NMC registration and driving licence.

Experience working with CYP who have complex health needs and/or SEND.

Ability to act as a leader and manage a caseload independently

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 app 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. Application, 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 within a variety of health settings with children and young people
• Experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and/or SEND
• 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 School Nursing Service Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01615296053 Additional information

Alternatively, you can contact Soraya Begum, Head of Service for Children's Community Health (COMPLEX)

[e-mail] or 0161 529 6643