Staff Nurse - School Nursing Special Needs

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a dedicated registered nurse who has a passion for supporting children and young people with additional special needs, and their families. You must be confident to work alongside multi-agency professionals and autonomously to provide safe access to school for all children and young people.

The Special Needs School Nursing Team empower school staff and carers by providing training to enable them to safely care for the health and wellbeing needs of our children and young people in various settings. We also play a major role in the safeguarding process, working alongside colleagues in education and children's social care. More details regarding the role can be found in the job description.

Our schools are based across the Bradford, Airedale and Craven districts.

Please do not hesitate to contact the team to learn more about the role.

There are full time and part time roles available.

Closing Date: 14th January 2024

Shortlisting Date: 17th January 2024

Interview Date: 31st January 2024

Main duties of the job

To work as a staff nurse within the School Nursing Special Needs team, to provide a safe and effective service for school age children in special needs schools in the Bradford, Airedale and Craven Districts, that promotes the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of the child.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

03 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

453-23-5932360

Job locations

Bradford, Keighley Craven

Westbourne Green Health Centre, 50 Heaton Road

Bradford, Keighley, Craven

BD8 8RA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Current NMC Registration

Desirable

Mentorship qualification - ENB 998 /SLIP

Experience

Essential

2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

Community nursing experience

Knowledge

Essential

Experience and knowledge of working with children with complex health and learning disabilitie

Desirable

Experience of interagency working

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Current NMC Registration

Desirable

Mentorship qualification - ENB 998 /SLIP

Experience

Essential

2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

Community nursing experience

Knowledge

Essential

Experience and knowledge of working with children with complex health and learning disabilitie

Desirable

Experience of interagency working

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).