Specialist School Nurse

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Main Responsibilities
  • The specialist school nursing team at Bedelsford school delivers nursing care to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and complex health needs.
  • Assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of clinical nursing care; writing appropriate care plans to ensure safe and effective care delivery within the school setting.
  • Delivery of specialist nursing care, including but not limited to; administration of medication, gastrostomy management and enteral feeding, seizure management, suctioning and tracheostomy care.
  • Delivery of specialist training for families and school support staff.
  • Multi-disciplinary liaison to ensure continuity of care and attendance at multi-professional meetings, including child protection case conferences.
  • Provision of support to families, including signposting to specialist services and completing onward referrals for care.
About the Role

The post is for a term-time position and the salary will be pro rata. The primary place of work is Bedelsford school.

Person Specification
  • Registered Children's Nurse (RN Child/RSCN) with evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Teaching and assessing qualification (desirable) and community qualification (desirable).
  • Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in nursing, with community/special school nursing experience and experience working with children and young people with disabilities/complex health needs.
  • Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children's Act) and national policy drivers that will affect children's services and your role.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal.
  • Experience supporting staff and students and providing supervision.
  • Ability to work independently and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
  • Safeguarding knowledge and experience.
  • Able to use a range of digital hardware or software to support your work effectively.
  • Strong organisational abilities, including time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking.
  • Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strengths-based approach.
  • Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
  • Car driver and access to a car for work purposes.


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