Special School Nurse - Band 5

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Special School Nurse in Coventry to provide care for children with complex health needs in special schools. You’ll be part of a supportive team, collaborating with education and social care to deliver holistic care, and must hold a nursing degree. This is a term-time position, offering a salary between £31,049 and £37,796 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Registered Children's / learning disability/adult Nurse with effective registration.
• Willingness to work towards necessary qualifications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of supporting children with complex health needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical care to pupils during the school day.
• Work with education and social care for holistic care.
• Support the clinical education team and management.

Skills

Written communication skills

Safe clinical practice

Knowledge of complex health needs

Safeguarding and Child Protection

Time management

Education

Nursing Degree or equivalent

Teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

Overview

Special School Nurse - Band 5. Term Time Only 23.5 hours per week. Closing date: 23 October 2025.

Main duties of the job

This post offers excellent opportunities to care for children with a wide range of physical / learning disabilities who have complex physical health needs who attend five special schools in Coventry. We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse with excellent organisational, personal and clinical skills. A good working knowledge of SEND and safeguarding are also key. The post will involve training and supporting carers. For more information on this role please see the attached support information.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We\'re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

We can offer the successful candidate the opportunity to be part of a warm and friendly team. They will be supported in the role by clinical leads, a clinical education team and clinical nurse specialists as well as the operational management and medical teams.

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud.

The post holder will deliver a wide range of clinical care to pupils during the school day. Team working and especially experience in multi-agency working is essential as the post will also involve working with education and social care to provide holistic care to CYP on the caseload. The successful candidate will have good communication skills, be a team player whilst being able to work autonomously when required. A sense of fun and creativity are also valuable traits. In return we can offer an opportunity to work with some amazing CYP and committed staff teams in an inspiring environment where the focus is supporting CYP to achieve to their full potential.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Children's / learning disability/adult Nurse who holds effective registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Nursing Degree or equivalent qualification or willingness to work towards
• Teaching and assessing qualification or willingness to work towards

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• High standard of written communication skills
• Must demonstrate safe clinical practice including risk assessment
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of supporting babies, children and young people with a range of complex health needs and/or life limiting conditions
• Must have good working knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection
• Must be able to demonstrate sound personal management skills - time management, prioritising, planning

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to demonstrate relevant effective learning from this experience
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Experience working with children with complex health needs and disabilities

OTHER

• car owner / driver - business use

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata