Staff Nurse - Special Schools Nursing Service

Job summary

Post: Staff Nurse, Special Needs School Nursing Team

Service: Children's Complex Needs Team

Interviews to be held on the 18th March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Special Needs School Nursing Team within Children's Complex Needs Service in Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust.

You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic Registered Children's Nurse ideally with knowledge and experience of working with children with complex health needs, wishing to expand your knowledge and skills of working children with additional and complex nursing needs.

You will work as a member of the Children's Complex Needs Nursing Service to provide skilled, evidence-based care to the children within the special needs school setting and undertake responsibility for the coordination and orchestration of patient care.

You will work as a member of the Children's Complex Needs Nursing Service to provide skilled, evidence-based care to the children within the special needs school setting and undertake responsibility for the coordination and orchestration of patient care.

It is essential you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work in partnership with the child's parents, teachers and other health care professionals, offering support and advice to educational staff on health-related issues that affect the children within the school setting.

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside the Senior Special Needs School Nurse to identify children in need, working in partnership with families, and initiating multi-agency working where necessary and to take on-going responsibilities e.g. Lead Professional within the Common Assessment Framework as appropriate. This will include supporting senior special needs school nurses with safeguarding caseloads which may include contributing to report writing, safeguarding conferences and meetings.

You will work with education partners in addressing health needs in designated schools and contributing to the Education, Health and Care Plans. You will be responsible for the training and updating of education setting staff using evidence-based competency training packs, to carry out procedures which include administration of medication, enteral feeds, tracheostomy care, suction, and oxygen therapy.

You will lead on children's Initial Health Assessments and drawing up of care plans, working in partnership with school staff, parents and carers in care plan implementation. You will contribute to the public health agenda through personal health and social education and health promotion activities.

It is essential that you can work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

You will need to meet the travel requirements of the role which will include rural locations.

For further information about the role or an informal chat please contact us using the details provided.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Centre

Burnley

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Centre

Burnley

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

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

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