Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Special School Nurse Manager

The closing date is 02 September 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Paediatric Nurse seeking to undertake an interesting and highly rewarding clinical leadership role.

The Special Needs School Nursing Team currently provides support to children and young people in 14 schools across Pennine, Central and West Lancashire. The Special Needs School Nurses work with schools where the children have additional and/or complex medical needs. They provide a unique service in supporting, advising, educating and training school staff, families and other health providers to ensure the health needs of children and young people with complex and additional health needs are met.

This team leader role will take responsibility for the clinical leadership and management of 24 Senior Nurses, Nurses, Health Care Support Workers and Admin staff. The team leader ensures the co-ordination of resources to provide a range of care to children and young people as well as coproducing with families and Education staff to ensure high quality support to enable them to attend school.

This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced Paediatric Nurse with extensive clinical skills and knowledgein delivering services in a school environment and/or children's complex physical needs to further advance their knowledge, skills and ability in community nursing.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure a high-quality evidence-based service clinical care pathways are delivered utilising available resource effectively in a safe and supportive manner when meeting the needs of CYP and their family.

You will participate in relevant clinical networks across the Northwest ensuring your skills are maintained and providing expert information and guidance to relevant bodies on complex nursing needs and trends.You will be responsible for the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management of the team and will provide management supervision to team members and ensure that staff within the team have opportunities for continuing professional development.

The role also involves being supported by and working collaboratively with the CYP Additional & Complex Needs Service Manager, Clinical Nurse Business Manager, Modern Matron and the Nurse Team Leaders for Children's Continuing Care and Assessment Team and Children's Complex Packages of Care Team to ensure clinical development and governance across all three teams.

You will benefit from excellent management and peer support with opportunities to work alongside specialists. A robust individual induction plan will be available dependant on your experience and supported via a tailored personal development plan if required.

You will be a car driver/owner with access to a vehicle for work purposes, or be able to travel between community settings in a timely manner across Lancashire.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Date posted

19 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN2298-CPC

Job locations

Special Schools Nursing Team - bases at Ashton Health Centre / St Peter's HC Burnley

Pedders Lane

Preston

PR2 1HR

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent Registered Child/Paediatric nurse qualification
Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent
Current Professional Registration with/NMC

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs
Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of specialist area
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change

Skills

Essential

Able to work independently as lead specialist
Demonstrating good leadership/ management skills
Problem solving/ Decision making in relation to clinical practice, NMC/ standards and implications for practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent Registered Child/Paediatric nurse qualification
Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent
Current Professional Registration with/NMC

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs
Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of specialist area
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change

Skills

Essential

Able to work independently as lead specialist
Demonstrating good leadership/ management skills
Problem solving/ Decision making in relation to clinical practice, NMC/ standards and implications for practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Special Schools Nursing Team - bases at Ashton Health Centre / St Peter's HC Burnley

Pedders Lane

Preston

PR2 1HR

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Special Schools Nursing Team - bases at Ashton Health Centre / St Peter's HC Burnley

Pedders Lane

Preston

PR2 1HR

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)