Special Schools Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking a compassionate SEND Schools Nurse to provide coordinated care for children with special educational needs across four special schools in East and North Hertfordshire. This role involves collaborating with families and educators, delivering training, and ensuring a supportive environment for students. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and experience in pediatric nursing. Flexible working patterns are supported to maintain work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexibility in working patterns

Supportive team environment

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in pediatric care.
• Experience providing health care support in an educational setting.
• Ability to collaborate with families and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing and educational teams at allocated school sites.
• Provide advice and support to families and education staff.
• Deliver training and competency assessments to education staff.
• Respond to emergency needs as they arise.

Skills

Compassionate care

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work with children with special educational needs

Flexibility in a constantly changing environment

Education

Nursing qualification

Experience working with children

Job description

We are recruiting for a SEND Schools Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We have part and full time vacancies available term time only.

The SEND School Nursing Team are responsible for the assessment, delivery and coordination 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, and 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.

The Special School Nurse will 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.

You will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the nursing and educational teams at an allocated school site.

We expect the post holder to be passionate about providing compassionate care in a school setting, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing advice and support to families and education staff, and for delivering 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.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the general and specialist services we provide and our dedicated staff ensure our patients receive the best care.

We are committed to a positive work‑life balance for our employees. This means any employee is entitled to seek flexible working patterns, and we are committed to listening and considering all requests. Such requests, of course, must 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 them.

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

This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Jan 2026.