Special Schools Nurse - SEN Schools

NHS; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Special Schools Nurse to provide nursing care for children with special educational needs across multiple schools. The ideal candidate will have experience with children and a commitment to compassionate care in an educational setting. Flexibility and excellent teamwork skills are essential in this part-time role.

Benefits

Flexible working

Annualized hours

Supportive team environment

Positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support nursing teams at school sites.
• Provide advice and support to families and education staff.
• Respond to emergency needs in a changing environment.

Skills

Basic nursing skills

Team collaboration

Calm under pressure

Organizational skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Leadership skills

Education

Registered Nurse child or RN Learning Disabilities

Current NMC registration

Degree Level Study

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Special Schools Nurse - SEN Schools

The closing date is 03 October 2025

We are recruiting for a Special Schools Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Special School Nursing Team are responsible for the assessment, delivery and co-ordination of nursing care for children with special educational needs/disabilities and complex health needs who attend the designated special schools. The Special School Nursing Team cover 4 schools in Hertfordshire and comprise of a team of band 5 & Band 6 nurses as well as Clinical Support Workers, managed by the band 7 Nurse Team Manager for Special Schools.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compassionate, highly motivated, and forward-thinking nurse with experience in working with children with special education needs and disability.

We provide health care support for children and young people with medical needs across our four Special Schools within East & North Hertfordshire.

We are a flexible and supportive team & the post will involve working across the four special schools within East & North Hertfordshire; Amwell View - Stanstead Abbotts, Greenside - Stevenage, Lonsdale - Stevenage, Lakeside - Welwyn Garden City.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Special Schools Nurse will be working collaboratively with children, families, carers, school staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team within the education setting to ensure a supportive and caring learning environment.

You will be responsible for co-ordinating & supporting the nursing and educational teams at an allocated school site.

The post holder will be passionate about providing compassionate care in a school setting, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing advice and support to families and education staff and providing training and competency assessments to education staff.

This role requires you to be flexible in a constantly changing environment and to respond to emergency needs as they arise.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse child or RN Learning Disabilities with recent experience of working with children/young people
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Degree Level Study

Previous Experience

• General Paediatric experience
• Experience of working with children and young people in a community setting
• Experience of working with children and young people with complex needs and disabilities
• Experience of working in an educational setting
• Experience of teaching others

Skills

• Competent in basic nursing skills
• Ability to work co-operatively in a team of people
• Ability to remain calm and composed in a challenging situation
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good understanding of the role of the multidisciplinary team work with children and young people with complex needs
• Early leadership skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people
• Knowledge of key health related issues affecting children and young people
• Knowledge of clinical governance and quality issues
• Health and safety awareness
• Evidence of self-awareness and reflective practice
• Ability to travel between sites

Other Requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Part-time,Flexible working,Term time hours,Annualised hours