Team Leader Special School Nursing | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Wallington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wallington is seeking a Team Leader for Special School Nursing. You will provide leadership to the School Nursing Team, ensuring high-quality care and compliance with policies while collaborating with various professionals focused on improving children's health. This role requires exceptional leadership and communication skills, along with a commitment to safeguarding and empowering children and their families.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in a nursing environment.
• Understanding of safeguarding practices and emergency protocols.
• Ability to collaborate with various professionals.

Responsibilities

• Direct line management for the School Nursing Team.
• Develop and implement integrated working practices.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety policies.
• Collaborate with professionals to meet service specifications.
• Complete service reports and monitor performance indicators.

Job description

Overview

Team Leader Special School Nursing. Full Time/ Part Time/Term Time Only will be considered. To provide leadership and line management to the School Nursing Team across Sherwood Park Special Needs School Campus. The Team Leader will be the main point of contact for the nursing team based within the special school and will take responsibility for the actions of the team, this could include, but is not limited to, leading in any emergency situations and safeguarding incidents. The post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals involved in the care of children including Children’s Therapists, Educational Staff, School Nursing and Social Services to support and empower children, young people and their families, improve health and give every child the opportunity to develop their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Acts as direct line manager to the School Nursing Team across Sherwood Park Special Needs School Campus.
• Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families.
• Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate.
• Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children’s Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children’s Services.
• Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented.
• Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children’s Continence Service) are met.
• Delegates appropriately to ensure consistent co-ordinated care.
• Acts as a specialist practitioner and is a resource to other staff both within the department and wider organisation.
• Leads by examples and maintains a high level of professional conduct at all times.
• Is aware of issues relating to information governance and data security.

This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025.