The closing date is 24 September 2025
Salary: £40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum, pro rata (Including HCAS)
Job summary
Are you a Children’s, Learning Disabilities, or SCPHN nurse looking for a rewarding and family friendly community role?
We’re seeking a Specialist School Nurse to join our supportive Children’s Community Nursing team in East Berkshire in a part-time, term time only role.
You’ll work closely with children, young people, families, and school staff to deliver safe, high-quality care. Primarily based in Bracknell, at one of the three special schools we work with in East Berkshire, you’ll support children and young people who have complex health needs and learning disabilities.
Managing your own caseload, day to day you will:
- Carry out health assessments for pupils
- Develop andmaintainindividual care plans
- Provide training and mentorship on care planning, e.g.: for epilepsy and enteral feeding
- Liaise with school staff, communities and external agencies
You’ll join a welcoming and skilled team of specialist school nurses and have regular visits and supervision from your team lead. You’ll participate in active peer support networks and our quarterly development days. We’ll provide a thorough induction and offering ongoing professional development.
Our Trust is rated “Outstanding” by the CQC, who highlight our positive, supportive culture where staff feel valued.
We can offer some choice and flexibility regarding when the 22.5 hours are worked within our core Monday to Friday 8am-4pm times.
Main duties of the job
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the assessment, planning, delivery, and review of evidence-based nursing care for pupils with complex needs.
- Carrying out health assessments for new pupils and creating or updating individual care plans where a nursing need is identified.
- Delivering training and competency-based education for school staff on areas such as enteral feeding, epilepsy management, and emergency care.
- Supporting safeguarding processes, contributing to reports, attending multi-agency meetings, and escalating concerns appropriately.
- Managing your own caseload within the school, working independently while having regular input and supervision from your team lead.
- Liaising with parents, teachers, and external professionals to ensure a joined-up approach to each child’s care.
- Providing clinical input where necessary, including support in urgent or significant health needs.
- Supporting wider East Berkshire schools when cover is needed, working flexibly with colleagues across the community nursing service.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- NMC-registeredChildrens Nurse, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) or Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Significant experience working with children with complex needs
- Ability and willingness to travel to the schools we work with within Berkshire as needed
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Kirsty Dobson on 07825 976133 or email:kirsty.dobson@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Children’s, SCPHN or Learning Disability Nursing qualification
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Experience of continuous professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in working with children and young people who have complex health needs and an associated learning disability
- Safeguarding knowledge and experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Paediatric clinical skills, e.g. management of gastrostomies
- High standard of clinical work
- Able to manage own caseload
- Effective time management skills and able to prioritise workload
- Able to manage junior staff and students
- Good understanding of IT skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
- Excellent written communication skills
- Ability to assist and motivate others
- Good record keeping (in line with professional guidance).
- Excellent verbal communication skills incorporating communication with children\young people and their carers.
- Approachable, confident, empathetic, trustworthy, passionate about delivery of high quality nursing care.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Have the ability to travel around the geographical area to meet the business needs.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).