Senior Special School Nurse
The closing date is 20 July 2025
Job summary
Take your nursing career to the next level with our award-winning Special School Nursing Team.
This is more than a nursing role - it is an opportunity to develop leadership skills, shape services, and make a lasting impact on children and young people with complex health needs. Every day is different, from delivering skilled nursing care and managing caseloads to leading clinical decisions and training school staff.
You will build expertise in epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, medicines management, clinical assessments, and respiratory care, while gaining valuable experience in safeguarding, service improvement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. As a senior nurse, you will oversee and support junior colleagues, delegate tasks, and ensure high-quality care.
We cover nine schools across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Isle of Wight, offering a structured rotational induction to broaden your experience. Our leadership training, blended learning package, and regular supervision will give you the confidence to mentor staff, lead training programmes, and drive service improvements.
A UK nursing registration, experience with children and young people, learning disabilities, and complex health needs, plus a full driving licence, are essential.
If you are looking for a rewarding leadership role where you can develop and grow, apply today!
Current role based at St. Georges and Medina House School, Isle of Wight.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Special School Nurse (SSSN) will work as part of the special school nursing team in a multiagency and multidisciplinary environment.
You should have knowledge and experience of clinical skills including, but not limited to epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, medications management including Controlled Drugs, clinical assessments, suction and oxygen administration.
Your main duties will include managing the caseload and delegating tasks, line management of SSN and HCSW, planning and delivering training to school staff and peers, referrals to other agencies, safeguarding and multidisciplinary meeting attendance/ delegation, responsible for escalation of concerns or issues, liaison with school leaders and service line management.
Your clinical management oversight will include complex care planning, medications management, trouble-shooting clinical equipment, clinical observations and PEWS.
You will support the Special School Nurses and HCSW to deliver training to school staff, ensure competency of your SSN team and ensure training and quality compliance within Trust requirements.
You will be responsible for maintaining your own training, CPD and competency.
You will also have opportunities to specialise as a link nurse, and access CPD funding to support your career progression.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Details
Date posted
27 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year Please note for part/term time hours the salary will be pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Term time hours
Reference number
348-CFS-8200
Job locations
Enterprise House
Monks Brook
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5WB
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Enterprise House
Monks Brook
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5WB
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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