Special Needs School Nurse (Term Time Only)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

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Special Needs School Nurse (Term Time Only), London

Client: Barts Health NHS Trust

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 2a6721b16ff5

Job Views: 4

Posted: 24.04.2025

Expiry Date: 08.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

The Community Children’s Nursing Team is part of an Integrated Service for Disabled Children operating within a wider service system encompassing Acute and Community Services. The team needs to evolve to take account of the need for greater integration to meet the challenging needs of local children in the borough. The team provides care for children between the ages of 0-19 years who are in need of nursing care at home or in an education setting. An opportunity has arisen to appoint a term time only, Band 5 Special School nurse. The post holder will be predominantly based at Beatrice Tate Special Needs school for pupils aged 11-19, but may need to rotate across the other 2 sites when necessary.

Main duties of the job

The aim of the role is to help deliver nursing care, support, training and advice to meet the needs of the children/young people and their parents/carers within Stephen Hawking and Beatrice Tate special needs schools.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration
• Good knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities and how this affects practice, staff and service users
• Good knowledge of key health-related issues affecting children
• Good knowledge and understanding of the needs of people from different cultural backgrounds
• Good understanding of the role of multidisciplinary team work with children with complex needs.
• Educated to degree level or working towards it
• Specialist Community Public Health Qualification.

Experience

• Previous experience of working with children with complex needs.
• Previous experience of working within an educational setting