Specialist Nursery Nurse

NHS; Kidderminster; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Specialist Nursery Nurse to work with pre-school children with additional needs across various centers. This role involves assessing children's development, collaborating with healthcare teams, and maintaining accurate records. Candidates should have strong empathetic communication skills and relevant qualifications, including NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care. The position offers flexibility and the chance to make a significant impact in children's lives.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Supportive staff networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, especially those with special needs.
• Demonstrated understanding of child development principles.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and produce clear reports.

Responsibilities

• Assess developmental needs of pre-school children with additional needs.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals for child assessments.
• Present summaries of assessments and observations to support doctors.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Child development understanding

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Specialist Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 14 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary team supporting children with additional needs and their families. These countywide roles involve working closely with families, nurseries, and professionals to assess and support children's development needs. You’ll be part of a compassionate and collaborative team committed to delivering outstanding care.

The successful candidates will be based at each of the child development centres South Worcester, Wyre Forest and Scott Atkinson but will need to work flexibly across the county to meet demand. We have a total of 105 hours to offer. A full-time post would be for 37.5 hours (5 days). The minimum number of hours we would consider would be 22.5 hours per week (3 days).

These roles are aimed to work in partnership with the community paediatricians to manage their waiting lists for pre-school children.

Full training and support will be provided, but the successful candidate will be expected to bring extensive prior experience of working with pre-school children with additional needs. You will be line managed by the CDC Co-ordinator and work in partnership with a range of healthcare professionals. Your observations will contribute to future diagnoses, so a high level of accuracy and a thorough understanding of child development are essential.

Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to have a detailed and evidenced based understanding of child development. This will be assessed at interview.

They will also need to be able to demonstrate recent and significant experience of working with pre school children with additional needs.

The successful candidate will need to be able to describe how developmental delay in all areas of development presents and how you can support children to make progress.

The successful candidate will need to have experience of working collaboratively with families.

Experience of having had difficult conversations with parents and carers is desirable.

We will be looking for evidence of consistent and recent experience of observation, assessment and differentiated support or intervention with children with additional needs in your application. You will need to be able to work independently to complete assessments and observations. We will offer supervision and support but you must be able to evidence how you have used supervision in the past to improve your practice in the field of child development.

An understanding of safeguarding procedures is also desirable.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

The post holder will assess and support the developmental needs of pre-school children with additional needs. The role involves close collaboration with healthcare professionals to fully understand each child and includes signposting families to services across health, education, social care, and voluntary sectors. The post holders will be expected to be able to present clear and concise summaries of their assessments and observations to support the community paediatricians assessments. Strong empathetic communication skills are essential, along with the ability to maintain accurate records and produce clear, formal reports. The post holder must demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work respectfully with families from diverse backgrounds. A sound understanding of safeguarding procedures for pre-school children is required. Regular supervision supports ongoing professional development. Travel is required to deliver care in CDCs, nurseries, and family homes, ensuring support is accessible and responsive.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Working with children, particularly those with special needs and their families
• Planning, assessing and evaluating the development of children with special needs

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Ability to deal courteously with all members of staff and members of the public
• Ability to work alone or function as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Health Services and relevant documents
• Relevant professional standards

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification to profession NNEB or equivalent (e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development)
• Post basic training courses e.g. special needs, counselling
• Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Additional Criteria

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
• You understand that we will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.

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.

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

C9798-1677

Job locations

Wyre Forest Child Development Centre

Radford Avenue

DY10 2ES

South Worcester Child Development Centre