Job summary
- Main area
- Special Needs School Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (12 Months Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-7221349*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Special Needs Nursing Service Citywide in Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Special Needs School Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Join Our Dynamic Special Needs Nursing Service!
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Registered Children’s Nurse to join our forward-thinking Special Needs Nursing Service in Manchester. This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term role where you will play a key role in supporting children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Main duties of the job
We’re looking for a passionate Registered Children’s Nurse to join our dynamic Special Needs Nursing Service in Manchester. This 12-month fixed-term role offers an exciting opportunity to support children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in both specialist schools and community settings.
Independently manage a caseload of CYP with complex health needs.
Assess, plan, and deliver care for children within SEND schools.
Provide training for school staff and caregivers, promoting health for children with SEND.
Assist in the development of the team and nursing practices.
Active NMC registration and driving licence.
Experience working with CYP who have complex health needs and/or SEND.
Ability to act as a leader and manage a caseload independently
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your app at MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. Application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RN Child) (RSCN) and/or Learning Disability Nurse
- Substantial Post Registration Experience
- Preparation for Mentorship
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration professional development/first degree or equivalent qualification/experience
- Leadership Qualification/Experience
Skills/Knowledge and Understanding
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the health and nursing needs of children and young people, including complex behavioural, social and emotional needs
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of current health promotion targets and ability to deliver health promotion adapted to SEND population
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with experience of case management of complex young people
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Knowledge of SEND and health responsibilities
- Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
- IT literate
- Knowledge of vulnerable children and young people and experience in children’s safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of factors which increase disabled children’s vulnerability
- Able to deliver therapeutic interventions 1:1 or group sessions
- Knowledge and experience of how chronic illness/long term conditions affects the child and family
- Ability to act as an advocate for child and family
- Ability to negotiate and work across agencies in a professional manner
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a variety of health settings with children and young people
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and/or SEND
- Experience of autonomous caseload management
- Knowledge and experience of teaching staff and parents
- Knowledge and experience in safeguarding children
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a School Nurse within mainstream or special needs schools
- Experience of line managing junior staff
- Experience of dealing with challenging situations
Other relevant criteria
Essential criteria
- Car owner/access driver
- Ability to work flexibly to cover a citywide service
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
- Emma Millerchip
- Job title
- Team Leader - Special Needs School Nursing Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01615296053
- Additional information
Alternatively, you can contact Soraya Begum, Head of Service for Children's Community Health (COMPLEX)
[email protected] or 0161 529 6643
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