Staff Nurse - Special School
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Term time hours
- Hours / week
- 24.5
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 Paediatric Nurse to join the Special School Nursing Team. The role involves providing high-quality clinical nursing care to children and young people with complex needs and disabilities in special school settings across Huddersfield and Calderdale. You will support training for education staff, develop and implement care plans, and take a lead role in managing junior staff. The position is part-time, 24.5 hours per week, during term time, and is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Key responsibilities
- Provide clinical nursing care within the special school setting.
- Support training for Education staff within your scope of practice and expertise.
- Develop, plan, and implement care for children and young people with complex needs and disability who attend special school.
- Take a lead role in the management and support of junior staff on the school site.
- Plan, Implement and evaluate care for children and young people in school setting.
- Identify and provide child specific health care procedures, training for school staff, including competency based assessments where required.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse in relevant field of practice (or within 6 months of completing a validated BSc or MSc course, resulting in NMC registration)
- Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor qualification or willingness to complete
- Knowledge and skill to plan, deliver, and evaluate high quality, evidence-based nursing care to a group of patients within the speciality of the post
- Experience of working with patients, and those that matter to them, from a range of diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Experience of working as part of a team, with the ability to prioritise own workload.
- Knowledge and skill in infection prevention and control principles and procedures
- Knowledge and skill in safeguarding principles and procedures
- IT literacy and ability to use NHS systems
- Competence in speciality or role specific extended skills required of the post or willingness to undertake necessary training.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to adapt to meet the requirements of patients, their families/carers, and professional colleagues.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Additional post-registration qualification relevant to field of practice
- Role Specific Training relevant to specialty of the post
- Teaching Qualification
- Leadership Qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Clinical experience in the specialty of the post
- Skills in research and audit methodology and application of findings to practice
- Evidence of introducing change and innovation into nursing practice
- Experience of working with Children and YP with complex medical and nursing needs.
- Human Factors awareness
- Experience working with Children and YP who have communication difficulties.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 6d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse - Special School
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Are you an experienced Paediatric nurse with a passion to deliver high quality nursing care in a special school environment.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Paediatric Nurse to join the Special School Nursing Team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.
Term time opportunity for 24.5 hours per week across 5 working days of the week to maintain the current service, supporting children and young people attending Special schools across Huddersfield and Calderdale.
The team provides specialist nursing to 5 schools across Huddersfield and Halifax and you will work within the team. It will be expected that you are able to support in all of the schools on an as required basis to rotate skills and staff. However this role will have a main base in one of the 5 sites.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical nursing care within the special school setting.
- Support training and support for Education staff within scope of your own practice and expertise.
- Develop, plan and implement care for children and young people with complex needs and disability who attend special school
- Take a lead role in the management and support of junior staff on the school site.
- Escalate any concerns to SSNT Team Leader.
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