Special School Nurse

CNWL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Flexible working options

Training and clinical supervision

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Special School Nurse (Band 5 or 6) to provide specialist health care support for children and young people with medical needs in Ealing Special Schools. The role requires leadership and autonomous working within a well-established team.

You will work with children, families and school staff to improve health outcomes, ensuring safe medication administration and high-quality care across home, school and community settings.

Qualifications

• NMC registered children''s nurse with LD/community child experience.
• Numeracy for safe administration of medicines.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and professional development.
• Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course completed.

Responsibilities

• Provide health care support for children with medical needs in Ealing special schools.
• Collaborate with parents, carers and partners to improve health outcomes.
• Maintain effective communication with school staff and leadership.
• Adhere to NMC codes of conduct and demonstrate professional nursing practice.

Skills

Communication

Partnership working

Documentation

Clinical assessment

Education

NMC Registered nurse - RNChild / LD Nurse / Community Children’s Nurse

Numeracy skills for safe administration of medicines

Evidence of CPD

Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

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Main area Special School Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Term time hours - 37.5 hours per week (Term Time only. This service will operate a 5 day a week service (Monday-Friday), each day of the academic year (including inset days), from 8.00- 16.00. Flexibility required when training is needed out of school hours.) Job ref 333-G-ECP-0711

Site Armstrong Way Town Southall Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Special School Nurse (Band 5 or 6) to provide specialist health care support for children and young people with medical needs for the Ealing Special schools.

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic staff who are able to work to work autonomously and provide leadership for HCA's . Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have the enthusiasm to join the well established team and support transformation?

Currently the Special School Nursing Team are based in the schools, working Monday to Friday 8.00-16.00, Term Time Contract/Full time.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing an excellent, high quality service to the children of Ealing who have additional needs and support one or several of the special schools in Ealing. Your work will entail working closely with children, their parent/carers and key partners to improve health outcomes and support children with special needs to achieve their full potential within all settings; at home, community and at school.

Good communication and working relationships with the school staff and school leadership team is an essential part of the role.

We welcome applications from children's or learning disability nurses with experience or interest in working with children with additional needs.

Working for our organisation

Together with job satisfaction, we can offer training, support and clinical supervision. If you want to join a team where your contribution is valued and where you have the opportunity to make a real difference in peoples lives, then we would like to hear from you.

Candidates are welcome to arrange informal visits to the special schools in by contacting Emma Lynch.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Special School Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and their families. Families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Special School nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model to healthcare assistants/ support workers/school staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• NMC Registered nurse - RNChild / LD Nurse / Community Children’s Nurse
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
• Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course

Previous Experience

• Previous experience as a Band 6 in children’s services or a Band 5 nurse with significant experience in clinical setting catering for children.
• Recent experience with children’s nursing within acute/community or school setting/ children nursing.
• Previous experience working in Special school
• Community experience

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Able to demonstrate partnership working with agencies
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
• You are expected to have the skills required to act as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
• Intravenous Training (theory & practice)
• Awareness of the health needs of children and young people
• An understanding of clinical governance framework in relation to practice
• Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
• Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
• Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
• Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
• Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

Other

• Ability to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptions
• Able to work efficiently in the community
• Access to Car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI can be used as a support tool, not a replacement for the applicant’s own work.Applications must remain personal, accurate, and reflective of the candidate’s real experience.AI-generated content must not misrepresent skills, qualifications, or experience.Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. We are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
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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.