Job summary
- Main area
- School Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2452-EB
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Peters Centre
- Town
- Burnley
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Special Schools Nursing Service
Band 5
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Post: Staff Nurse, Special Needs School Nursing Team
Service: Children’s Complex Needs Team
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Special Needs School Nursing Team within Children’s Complex Needs Service in Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust.
You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic Registered Children’s Nurse ideally with knowledge and experience of working with children with complex health needs, wishing to expand your knowledge and skills of working children with additional and complex nursing needs.
You will work as a member of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service to provide skilled, evidence-based care to the children within the special needs school setting and undertake responsibility for the coordination and orchestration of patient care.
You will work as a member of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service to provide skilled, evidence-based care to the children within the special needs school setting and undertake responsibility for the coordination and orchestration of patient care.
It is essential you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work in partnership with the child’s parents, teachers and other health care professionals, offering support and advice to educational staff on health-related issues that affect the children within the school setting.
Main duties of the job
You will be working alongside the Senior Special Needs School Nurse to identify children in need, working in partnership with families, and initiating multi-agency working where necessary and to take on-going responsibilities e.g. Lead Professional within the Common Assessment Framework as appropriate. This will include supporting senior special needs school nurses with safeguarding caseloads which may include contributing to report writing, safeguarding conferences and meetings.
You will work with education partners in addressing health needs in designated schools and contributing to the Education, Health and Care Plans. You will be responsible for the training and updating of education setting staff using evidence-based competency training packs, to carry out procedures which include administration of medication, enteral feeds, tracheostomy care, suction, and oxygen therapy.
You will lead on children’s Initial Health Assessments and drawing up of care plans, working in partnership with school staff, parents and carers in care plan implementation. You will contribute to the public health agenda through personal health and social education and health promotion activities.
It is essential that you can work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
You will need to meet the travel requirements of the role which will include rural locations.
For further information about the role or an informal chat please contact us using the details provided.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse qualification child branch
- Current Professional Registration with NMC
- Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
- Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools.
- Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal, including managing challenging situations
- Excellent range of clinical skills to meet the needs of the client group
- Demonstrating ability to work autonomously, seeking out senior nurse guidance when required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philippa Vipham
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01282 628422
- Additional information
Alternative contact details
Rebecca Higham [email protected]
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