Specialist School Nurse

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Band 6 fixed-term nurse for maternity cover within their special school nursing team. The ideal candidate will support children with additional needs, ensuring health-related interventions are in place in schools. Responsibilities includes mentoring staff and advocating for children in safeguarding situations. The role offers flexible working arrangements, a commitment to well-being, and competitive remuneration including a High Cost Area Supplement.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Recognition for equality and diversity efforts

Qualifications

• Evidence of working with children and young people (CYP) with additional needs.

Responsibilities

• Organise own workload while supporting the team.
• Support children in school with health needs.
• Mentor and support junior staff/students.
• Act as an advocate for children with safeguarding concerns.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to travel across the borough

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

About this role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the special school nursing team in Barking and Dagenham for a Band 6 fixed‑term maternity cover (12 months) position. The team embodies the NELFT values of being kind, respectful and working together with our communities. If you are a registered nurse who demonstrates these qualities and is passionate about working with children with additional needs, then we want you to join us. We are progressive in B&D developing partnership working across the Children’s Service to ensure we are able to signpost children to available resources within the borough. Our vision for delivering the Healthy Child Programme, in partnership with key stakeholders, is to ensure that every child in B&D has the very best start in life and grows up to be happy, safe, healthy, confident, resilient, and inclusive of all needs.

Responsibilities

• Being responsible for organising your own workload whilst supporting the team with the day‑to‑day allocation of work.
• Supporting children in school with health needs; delivering training, supporting School staff in managing the children's health needs, completing care plans for children requiring emergency or routine medical intervention whilst in school.
• Having a close working relationship with the wider multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Act as a mentor and support to junior staff/students.
• Being an advocate for the Children/Young People when there are safeguarding concerns.
• Supporting with Paediatric clinics.
• Completing Looked After Children yearly review health assessments.
• Ensuring new starter assessments are completed prior to new students starting school.
• Undertaking growth reviews for Children.
• Ensuring School staff have a good understanding of relevant health‑related training and interventions.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree.
• Evidence of working with CYP with additional needs.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to travel across the borough.

Benefits

• A long-standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long‑term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work‑life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

Additional Information

We are a flexible working friendly organisation, and we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for you and for our patients. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part‑time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces: We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary with a minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum (pro rata).

Use of AI: Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.