Job summary
- Main area
- SPECIAL SCHOOL NURSE
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (One year fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3401
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Richard Cloudesley School
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Special School Children's Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Covid-19 Vaccination
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Job overview
BAND 5
SPECIAL SCHOOL NURSE
Special Schools Team
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse to join the Islington Special Schools Nursing Team.This role is ideal for someone who is able to work sensitively with children and young people with autism, learning disabilities and complex medical conditions and advocate for their needs. We work collaboratively with families, teachers, social care and health colleagues to support students to achieve their potential at home, at school and in their communities.
The post holder will work across Islington special schools as required. This includes Richard Cloudesley School, Samuel Rhodes School and the Bridge Academy.
You will work under the supervision of a Clinical Lead Nurse and a Band 6 Nurse and will be working as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team in a supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
This is a busy and diverse role in fast paced settings, no two days are the same. Clinical responsibilities will vary and you will support children and young people with a variety of special needs to obtain optimum health and gain access to a wide education curriculum. Working closely with the clinical lead nurse, special school nurse and other healthcare assistants, your primary role will be assisting delivery of personalised support and care for children and young people attending school. Exact role responsibilities will vary depending on skills and competencies. You will also have a key role in the training of teaching staff, parents and other professionals around the management of children and young people with special needs.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibility as Band 5 Nurse:
- To support children and young people with a variety of special needs to obtain optimum health and gain access to a wide education curriculum.
- To assist the Clinical lead Nurse in assessing the health needs of children entering or leaving Special Schools in consultation with Health Visitors, School Nurse colleagues and other health professionals as appropriate.
- To participate and contribute to agreed health surveillance programmes in special schools including annual health reviews, assessing overall developmental progress and health needs.
- To assist the wider nursing team in covering support in times of short staffing to children and young people with complex learning and physical needs.
- To ensure written statement of nursing need and care plans are produced in collaboration with the Clinical Lead Nurse.
- To work in partnership with other agencies to identify children in need and children on the Child Protection Register, liaising with school staff and Social Workers.
- To assist the Clinical lead Nurse in monitoring the vulnerable children with child protection issues, attending Child Protection Case Conferences as required, reviews, and core group meetings, providing written reports where needed.
- To complete relevant continence assessments as required.
- To provide training and support to HCA’s, parents, carers and school staff on a variety of topics around management of children with special needs.
- To undertake screening procedures such as, growth, to include percentile calculations. To identify and refer any concerns arising from the screening
- To assist in the co-ordination of immunisation sessions within the school setting
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSCN or RN (Child Branch)
Desirable criteria
- School Nurse/ Community Nurse Qualification ideally Specialist Practitioner
- Evidence of Post Registration training and development
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages.
- To demonstrate the ability to reflect on clinical practice to enhance professional/ personal development.
Desirable criteria
- Skills in staff training and supervision
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with children and families with complex needs
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of working together in a team.
Desirable criteria
- Nursing in a diverse inner city community.
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
- Anna Howard Price
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032270602
- Additional information
For any enquiries about this post please contact:
Anna Howard-Price, Clinical Lead Nurse, [email protected]
Or Christine Hale, Team Lead, [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
WHT
- Telephone
- If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060
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