Special School Nurse

Are you a nurse who wants to make a difference in the lives of children, young people and their families across Wolverhampton? If so, then we need you to help us in the delivery of a dynamic and innovative School Nursing Service.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join the Wolverhampton School Nursing service based at Primrose Health Centre to work as part of a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) School nurse team supporting special schools within the City and in Alternative provision.

The candidate will be required to hold an NMC Registration Nurse sub part 1/2, Child Branch, Registered Sick Children s Nurse (RSCN), Learning Disability and have a Degree level education [Health Related]. They must also have experience of working with children with complex cognitive difficulties and/or Social and Emotional difficulties.

You will be required to work flexibly and creatively to best engage and meet the diverse health needs of the school-aged population.

Providing a preventative healthcare service to children, young people with SEND and their families.

Health Promotion and Health Education in 1-1s, small groups or in larger groups.

Planning and delivering packages of care.

Contributing to safeguarding children.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team.

Working across the community.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

• NMC Registration Nurse sub part 1/2, Child Branch, Registered Sick Children s Nurse (RSCN), Learning Disability
• Degree level education [Health Related]
• Significant experience in NHS or an equivalent healthcare organisation
• Recognised teaching qualification e.g. ENB 998/Mentorship/SLAiP or equivalent
• Evidence of professional updating within last 12 months.
• Appropriate post registration course(s) for profession

• Experience of working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
• Experience of planning a package of care for a child/young person with additional health needs.
• Child health assessment
• Knowledge and experience in safeguarding
• Working in the community
• Experience of teaching either to an individual or group/ Ability to design and deliver training programmes
• School Nursing
• Knowledge of current national and local initiatives and their implication for services

• Car owner/driver and daily use of a car.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata