Band 5 Special School Nurse

Job reference:

-CF.

Location:

City Wide Town Birmingham.

Contract:

Permanent Term Time Only, 30 hours per week. Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. Closing date: 10/07/2026 23:59.

Would you like an opportunity to join a community based nursing team? This post will be working across the city-wide special school nursing service implementing and delivering specialist nursing care in a special school environment. The successful candidate will be required to carry out assessments, provide both planned and responsive clinical care and ensure that local safeguarding policies are adhered to.

They will be identified as a role model for the Band 5 Special School Nurses and Enteral Feeding Assistants and will also support education staff and offer advice and support to parents and pupils. We would welcome applications from enthusiastic committed children’s nurses with proven clinical experience who have excellent communication skills and are able to manage their time effectively.

An understanding of the needs of children and young people with disability and/or additional health problems is essential.

• Designated by the band 6 Special School Nurse to act as the named nurse for one or more Schools within a quadrant grouping providing health surveillance specialist advice and clinical programmes of care.
• To assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• To carry out prescribed nursing interventions as per the care plan under the direction of the Special School Nurse. Each care plan will identify:
  • Existing clinical needs and how and by whom these will be met.
  • Monitoring the child’s growth and development in line with the Healthy Child Programme.
  • Progress against the plan, expected outcomes and timescales.
  • Safeguarding needs.
  • That the care plan will be made available to sit alongside and complement the child’s individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Participate in the delivery of health care and promote the health and welfare of children attending Special Schools and acknowledge and respect the individual rights and personal dignity of the students.
• Work autonomously within professional practice, within teams and service guidelines and objectives.
• To be involved in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care needs in line with the core offer of service.
• To take charge of a designated area in the absence of the band 6 Special School Nurse.
• To support the teaching of competencies to nursing and education staff.
• To ensure high quality core offer from the Special School Nursing Service consists of:
  • assessment and review
  • hands on clinical care
  • key worker and signposting including transition
  • training and supervision
  • general role in optimising long term health and lifestyles

• Educated to the following level:
  Relevant professional qualification – RSCN or RN Child Branch or RNLD
• Evidence of continuous professional development

• Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment.

• Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS
• Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to cope with change
• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures
• Ability to organise own work
• Ability to use own initiative
• Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda’s for health under the guidance of the team lead / ward manager.

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
• Ability to travel to work and other locations as required.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

You must have appropriate UK…