Senior School Health Specialist

8 hours ago


Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom NHS Full time

Job Title: Senior School Health Specialist

Salary: £48,500 per annum

Pension: Choice of NHS Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme

Job Type: Full Time (52 weeks), 37.5 hours per week

Location: Cornwall

Hybrid Working: Yes

Contract type: Permanent

About this Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced healthcare professional to join our team as a Senior School Health Specialist. This role will involve working closely with our specialist professionals to develop and implement a comprehensive pupil healthcare approach, delivering a comprehensive health offer to pupils with complex health needs.

The successful candidate will have significant practical experience of working with special needs pupils, giving rise to a variety of clinical skills such as gastrostomy feeding, tracheostomy care, suction, deep suctioning, diabetes, complex and epilepsy and seizure management.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dedicated team of healthcare professionals who are passionate about providing high-quality care to pupils with complex health needs.

  • Significant practical experience of working with special needs pupils
  • Able to make clinical decisions and recommendations about particular areas of work
  • Registered Nursing qualification with current NMC registration

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive pupil healthcare approach
  • Work with specialist professionals to deliver a comprehensive health offer to pupils with complex health needs
  • Manage a team of Healthcare Leads

What We Offer:

  • Choice of NHS Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
  • 37 days paid holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Simply Health Optimise Health Plan
  • Employees Assistance Programme
  • Cycle 2 Work Scheme
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Learning & Development/CPD opportunities


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