Paediatric Nurse – School Based

 Paediatric Nurse – School Based

Location: East London
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience and qualifications
Job Type: School Based

Make a Difference Every Day

A specialist education setting in East London is seeking a warm, experienced and dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join its supportive team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Paediatric Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse who is passionate about supporting children and young people with additional and complex health needs.

Working closely with pupils, families, teaching staff and external healthcare professionals, you will play a key role in ensuring children receive safe, effective and compassionate healthcare within the school environment.

The Role

As the Paediatric Nurse, you will provide a comprehensive school nursing service and take responsibility for developing, implementing and reviewing individual healthcare plans.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing skilled, effective and evidence-based nursing care to pupils.
• Assessing, prioritising and responding to healthcare and emergency needs.
• Developing and maintaining individual healthcare and nursing care plans.
• Supporting children and young people with complex and additional healthcare needs.
• Working collaboratively with teaching staff, parents, NHS professionals and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Providing healthcare advice, education and training to pupils, parents and school staff.
• Monitoring medication, MAR charts, consent forms and medical records.
• Monitoring medical reports and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
• Supporting safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Coordinating healthcare programmes across the school, including dental and oral health.
• Maintaining first aid supplies, emergency kits and individual pupil medication stocks.
• Attending relevant multidisciplinary and team meetings.
• Maintaining professional competence through CPD, reflective practice and ongoing learning.

About You

We are looking for a compassionate, confident and highly organised nurse who is committed to delivering high-quality care and enjoys working with children and young people.

Essential:

• Registered Paediatric Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse.
• Current NMC registration.
• Minimum 2 years’ post-qualification experience in paediatrics.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working with children and young people with healthcare needs.
• Experience assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care.
• Experience writing and reviewing healthcare plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuing professional development.
• Warm, caring, approachable and flexible personality.

Desirable:

• Experience delivering training to staff, parents or other professionals.
• Previous experience working within a school setting.
• Experience supporting children with special educational needs.
• Additional post-registration qualifications.

Why Join?

This is a rewarding opportunity to become an integral part of a specialist school environment, using your nursing expertise to make a genuine difference to the health, wellbeing and educational experience of children and young people.

If you are a passionate Paediatric Nurse looking for a role where your skills can have a direct and meaningful impact on children’s lives, we would love to hear from you.

Safeguarding

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

The successful candidate will also be expected to maintain complete confidentiality in relation to all school matters and comply fully with safeguarding, health and safety and professional requirements.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.