Special Needs School Nurse (Term Time Only)

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Special Needs School Nurse for term time work at Beatrice Tate School, London. The role involves providing comprehensive nursing care for students with complex needs, advocating for their health and wellbeing, and working within a dynamic, supportive environment. This permanent position offers competitive pay and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Best pension scheme in the UK

Leisure and entertainment discounts

Parental leave and childcare support

Qualifications

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration.
• Good knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities and how this affects practice.
• Previous experience of working with children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care, support, training, and advice in special needs schools.
• Work collaboratively with parents and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support the needs of children/young people aged 0-19 requiring nursing care.

Skills

Understanding of equal opportunities

Knowledge of health-related issues affecting children

Cultural awareness

Teamwork in complex needs

Education

Educated to degree level

Specialist Community Public Health Qualification

Job description

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Whether you’re looking to gain experience in a large, fast-paced hospital or get out into the community, we have a range of opportunities that allows you to build yourentire careerin one trust.

For us, every day is different. We provide care to a diverse population of 2.5 million across east London – that’s 6,000 people every day, speaking over 60 different languages. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to ensuring that people living in east London live healthy lives.

Special Needs School Nurse (Term Time Only)

Band 5

Main area Children's Special Schools Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Term time hours

37.5 hours per week Job ref 259-7161624RLH-A

Site Royal London Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

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.

***The salary listed is the full annual amount if you worked all year round (52 weeks). Since this role only covers term time weeks (38 weeks), your actual pay will be a proportion of the full annual salary based on the number of weeks worked.***

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

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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.

you’ll have access to range of benefits including one of thebest pension schemes in the UK , leisure and entertainment discounts andparental leave and childcare support schemes we’re really proud of.

We're also committed to ensuring that you are supported in gaining and developing the skills and knowledge needed to carry out your work safely and effectively, and to achieve your full potential. We offer a range of apprenticeships at all levels, as well as an extensive range of career development opportunities.