Special School Nurse in Harrow on the Hill

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) is recruiting a Special School Nurse (Band 5 or 6) to provide specialised health‑care support for children and young people with medical needs at Harrow special schools. Salary is £35,763 – £52,521 pro‑rata per annum. The role is a 30‑hour term‑time contract (Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM).

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can work autonomously as well as collaboratively as part of the Harrow Community Children’s Nursing Team. The role operates on a term‑time contract in the schools.

Main duties of the job:

• You will be responsible for providing excellent, high‑quality service to children in Harrow who have additional and special educational needs.
• Your role will involve working closely with children, their parents or caregivers, and other key partners to improve health outcomes and help children with special needs reach their full potential in all environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Keeping patients safe through sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by applying up‑to‑date skills and adhering to evidence‑based policies and procedures.
• Ensuring a positive experience for patients by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care‑planning process.
• Acting as an effective role model to healthcare assistants, support workers, school staff and students, ensuring standards are met.

Working for our organisation:

We offer job satisfaction, training, support and clinical supervision. If you want to join a team that values your contributions and provides the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Special School Nurses work closely with families and carers and are expected to be kind, responsive, professional and informative. They contribute to quality by:

• Keeping patients safe through sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up‑to‑date skills and adhering to evidence‑based policies and procedures.
• Ensuring patients have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care‑planning process.
• They work collaboratively to provide seamless care and serve as a role model to healthcare assistants, support workers, school staff and students.

Person specification:

Education and Qualifications:

• NMC Registered Nurse – RN
• Child / LD Nurse / Community Children’s Nurse.
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines.
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development.
• Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course.

Previous Experience:

• Previous experience as a Band 6 in children’s services or a Band 5 nurse with significant experience.
• Recent experience with children’s nursing within acute/community or school setting.
• Previous experience working in a Special school.
• Community nursing experience.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Able to communicate with the multidisciplinary team, present cases, take notes, update others and use handover effectively.
• Ability to demonstrate partnership working with agencies.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records in accordance with CNWL policies.
• Capable of discussing sensitive issues in a supportive manner while being assertive when necessary.
• Using Microsoft Word for letter and report writing.
• High standard of clinical expertise and knowledge of general paediatrics.
• Experience of working with acute, long‑term conditions and complex children/young people.
• Experience of working with students.
• Knowledge and experience of child protection.
• Expertise in specific skills and evidence of how they are developed and applied in current practice.
• Intravenous training (theory & practice).
• Awareness of the health needs of children and young people.
• Understanding of clinical governance framework in relation to practice.
• Supervision, line management and appraisal training.
• Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff.
• Respectful towards others and genuinely treating them as you would want to be treated.
• Willing and able to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals.

Other:

• Access to car or other motor vehicle for work purposes.
• Ability to work efficiently in the community.
• The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.
• As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients.
• Due to the high response rates we may expire any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date; please apply promptly.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship are welcome; please check eligibility under the UKVI points‑based system.
• Our Agenda for Change contracts have a 13‑week probationary period.
• If offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and will require Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.