Team Leader Special School Nursing in Wallington

Main area Nurse Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: Full Time/ Part Time/Term Time Only will be considered Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full Time) Job ref 343-8374260-RB-AT

Site Sherwood Park School Town Wallington Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum incl hcas Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

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Job overview

Band 7 Team Leader Special School Nursing

To provide leadership and line management to the School Nursing Team working across the Sherwood Park School campuses. The Team Leader will be the main point of contact for the nursing team and will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care to the children and young people supported by the team.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership, support staff development, and oversee the coordination and delivery of nursing care. They will be responsible for managing emergency situations, safeguarding concerns, and other complex clinical issues, ensuring high standards of care and professional practice are maintained.

The post holder will also be expected to maintain knowledge and expertise in children's continence care and provide specialist advice and support as required.

Main duties of the job

Summary Main Responsibilities & Duties

Acts as direct line manager to the School Nursing Team across Sherwood Park Special Needs School Campus.

Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families.

Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate.

Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children’s Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children’s Services.

Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented.

Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children’s Continence Service) are met.

Delegates appropriately to ensure consistent co-ordinated care.

Acts as a specialist practitioner and is a resource to other staff both within the department and wider organisation.

Leads by examples and maintains a high level of professional conduct at all times.

Is aware of issues relating to information governance and data security.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attachedJob Description and Person Specification, which provide further information about the role and its requirements. When completing your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how your skills, knowledge, and experience meet the criteria outlined in these documents.

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Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Child or Learning Disability)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Leadership and Management Qualification

Knowledge

• Advanced communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Ability to lead and motivate a staff team with varying abilities and facilitate change.
• Knowledge of specialist communication skills e.g. Makaton & Core boards
• Previous use of electronic records systems (EMIS)

Experience

• Previous experience of working with children with severe & profound learning disabilities and complex health needs
• Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance.
• Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experienced in carrying out children’s continence assessments and providing continence advice to both children with and without disabilities.
• Previous experience of working in a special school / Community setting.

Your recruitment team
The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:
E: krft.askrecruitment@nhs.net

Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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