Healthcare Support Worker Special School Nursing
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Term time hours
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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
Join an award-winning Special School Nursing Team to support children and young people with complex health needs across nine special schools in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Isle of Wight. This role involves supporting school staff in delivering safe care, contributing to care planning, and attending multidisciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will work within a multi-agency environment, performing clinical skills and delegated tasks, while maintaining professional development. This is a rewarding role for an adaptable, organised individual able to work independently.
Key responsibilities
- Work as part of the Special School Nursing Team within a multi-agency and multidisciplinary environment.
- Perform a range of clinical skills including epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, medication administration, clinical observations, suction, and oxygen administration.
- Conduct growth monitoring, medication management support, health promotion, clinical observations, and PEWS monitoring.
- Manage equipment troubleshooting, stock control, cleaning of clinical equipment, record keeping, and caseload management.
- Support Special School Nurses with delegated clinical and administrative tasks, including clinics, referrals, transitions, training school staff, and attending safeguarding and multidisciplinary meetings.
- Maintain own proficiency, continuing professional development (CPD), and mandatory training requirements.
Essential criteria
- Healthcare qualification Level 3 or working towards gaining equivalent level.
- Good basic education or GSCE in English and maths
- Working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in either a hospital or community setting
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral); requirement to receive routine information with patients/clients which may need some tact, reassurance, persuasion where there may be barriers to understanding. Good verbal and written skills e.g. pleasant manner when speaking to others; Clear and concise messages delivered; legible handwriting.
- Ability to manage own time; plan and prioritise work efficiently and effectively.
- Ability to shown empathy and deal empathically and tactfully when communicating with patients, carers, and clients.
- Ability to act on own initiative e.g. responding to an emergency.
- Able to work independently when on visits, demonstrating sound thought process for basic problem solving.
- Confident in dealing with difficult situations e.g. when faced with aggressive behaviour.
- Knowledge of care and related procedures including clinical observations, judgement required involving facts and situations when assessing patients and knowledge when to escalate information to qualified staff.
- Requirement for concentration where work pattern is predicable when undertaking assessment of patients.
- A required for light physical effort for short periods i.e. whilst moving patients and equipment.
- Required to be able to deal with emotional/distressing circumstances.
- Frequent requirement to manage unpleasant conditions i.e. body fluids.
- Good organisational skills
- Shows flexibility and ability to work within a demanding and changing.
- Basic computer skills e.g. word, outlook, system 1
- Hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK.
- Ability to travel for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire, as required for the role.
- Can work with children and vulnerable adults.
- Can &work legally in the UK
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker Special School Nursing
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Join our award-winning Special School Nursing Team and help make a positive difference to children and young people with complex health needs.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to support pupils across our nine special schools in Hampshire Portsmouth Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Working as part of a dedicated healthcare team you will support school staff to deliver safe, effective care and enable children and young people to access their education.
This varied role includes working alongside education colleagues contributing to care planning and attending multidisciplinary meetings. We are looking for someone who is adaptable organised and able to work independently.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme including experience across our schools alongside a blended learning package of face-to-face and online training. You will have opportunities to develop specialist skills undertake funded qualifications and progress your career within a supportive team.
Location: Currently based within IOW Special School Nursing Team.
If you are looking for a rewarding role within an innovative and supportive team we would love to hear from you.
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