Special Schools Nurse - SEN Schools | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Special Schools Nurse to join their team in Hertfordshire. The role involves working collaboratively with children with special educational needs across multiple schools, ensuring a supportive environment and providing essential nursing care. Candidates should be compassionate, experienced, and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with children who have special educational needs.
• Motivated and forward-thinking with a compassionate approach.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with children, families, and school staff to support a caring environment.
• Coordination with nursing and educational teams at the school.
• Provide training and assessment for education staff.

Skills

Experience in working with children with special educational needs and disability

Compassionate

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

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 is 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 covers 4 schools in Hertfordshire and comprises 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.

Responsibilities

• Work 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.
• Coordinate & support the nursing and educational teams at an allocated school site.
• Provide advice and support to families and education staff and provide training and competency assessments to education staff.
• Be flexible in a constantly changing environment and respond to emergency needs as they arise.

Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in working with children with special educational needs and disability.
• Compassionate, highly motivated, and forward-thinking nurse.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Role involves working across four special schools within East & North Hertfordshire; Amwell View, Greenside, Lonsdale, Lakeside.

About the Trust and Working Arrangements

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; Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees, including flexible working requests that are balanced against service needs.

Closing date

This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025.