Special School Nurse

Kumu Wellness; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumu Wellness is seeking a Special School Nurse to join a new team dedicated to providing nursing care to children in Wirral's special schools. This role involves collaborating with various health professionals and making a significant impact on children's health and well-being.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with evidence of recent professional development.
• Knowledge of child development and safeguarding issues.
• Experience of working with vulnerable families.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to children with medical and clinical needs in special schools.
• Work alongside other health and voluntary agencies to deliver services.
• Engage with local communities to improve child health outcomes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult/Child)

Mentorship Level 6

Job description

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Job Summary

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

Job Summary

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trustis an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.

This is an exciting opportunity to form part of a new Special School Nurse team within Wirral providing care to children with medical and clinical need within these schools .

Main duties of the job

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

We currently deliver outstanding0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Servicesacross Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens, supporting over 207,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward thinking children and young people's services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

If you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking nurse who wants to make a real difference to children and their families then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for, offering a variety of work to the successful candidate that will include public health and safeguarding .

You should possess excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills together with an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. An in depth knowledge of the current health agenda relating to children's services is essential.

About Us

You will be joining a proactive skill mixed team working together to deliver and support needs for children within Wirral Special Schools . As part of the 0-19 Service which includes Health Visiting and School nursing you will be working closely with other local statutory, health and voluntary agencies to provide accessible, person centred packages of care in response to individual and local need. You will be working in partnership across the areas .

About The Trust

Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:

• 0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
• Community Nursing
• Sexual Health Wirral
• Community Cardiology
• Walk-in centres
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Teletriage
• Community Dental
• Social Care
• End of Life Care
  
  

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.

You can read more about the Trust via thecareers section on our website.

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Term time hours

Reference number

844-7274608

Job locations

St Catherines Health Centre

Church Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications and professional training

• Registered Nurse (Adult/Child)
• Evidence of recent professional development
  
  

Desirable

• Mentorship Level 6
• Modules at level 6 - Public Health Related
• Solihull Approach trained
• Motivational Interviewing trained
  
  

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of Paediatric Health Care needs and priorities
• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families.
• Understanding of role within the Public Health Team
  
  

Desirable

• Two years post registration
• Experience of data collection for reports
• Previous experience or working in a community environment
  
  

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
  
  

Desirable

• Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
  
  

Personal qualities

Essential

• Commitment
• Vision
• Access to a car for work purposes
• Confident and approachable
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Commitment
• Vision
• Access to a car for work purposes
• Confident and approachable
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Catherines Health Centre

Church Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ

Employer's website

https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Catherines Health Centre

Church Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ

Employer's website

https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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