Specialist Nursing Training and Clinical Support in Education

Full and part time hours are available. Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Our established team of specialist training nurses is expanding, the role is developing and the service is changing. We are looking to recruit clinically experienced nurses who can be part of this change, and work effectively within the team to ensure equitable, safe care and clinical support is delivered to all children within the service.

Based in Cheltenham, the team work across Gloucestershire to deliver training on a range of clinical interventions across a range of settings, e.g. Gastrostomies and Emergency Epilepsy medication.

The post holder will ensure safe practice and quality standards of care for children in home, school, and other community settings. This may include the training and support of health support workers, family link/foster carers, and personal assistants (PAs) providing care to children with a recognised health need.

In addition, the post holder will support safe, equitable, and high-quality healthcare within special schools by providing nursing assessments and supporting clinical decision-making. This may involve a physical presence within special schools or travel from a GHC base to undertake necessary assessments and support.

The post holder will work collaboratively with team colleagues to foster a multidisciplinary approach focused on delivering consistently high-quality clinical services that enable children to access education in line with their healthcare needs.

• Provide training to Childrens Complex Care Team, Childrens Community Nurses, education and nursery staff and family link/foster carers to enable them to meet individual childrens needs.
• Identify initial and ongoing training needs for carers in respect of childrens health care needs, ensuring training is planned, delivered, and evaluated.
• Undertake and review annually risk assessments for children
• Carry out nursing assessments for pupils to determine care requirements suitable for delegation.
• Translate medical advice from specialist health services into practical guidance for school settings
• Coordinate and liaise effectively with multidisciplinary teams
• When appropriate and feasible, provide advice and support to education staff during medical emergencies
• Act as a key point of contact between schools, families, and specialist health services, attending key multi-agency meetings to represent health needs and ensure joined-up planning.
• Identify actual or potential clinical risks and take appropriate action
• Maintain accurate records of delegated tasks by school
• Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns in line with local and national safeguarding policies, working in partnership with school safeguarding leads.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within peoples homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

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Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trusts priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Interview date: 10th March 2026