# Team Leader Special School Nursing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-special-school-nursing/6035c7bb-2b73-4f63-abf1-9cdaeba1a99a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-special-school-nursing/6035c7bb-2b73-4f63-abf1-9cdaeba1a99a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team leader - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum incl hcas - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full Time/ Part Time/Term Time Only will be considered - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full Time) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T12:10:36.538Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Wallington/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Nurse/Nurse-v8374260 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374260?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 Team Leader Special School Nursing To provide leadership and line management to the School Nursing Team working across the Sherwood Park School campuses. The Team Leader will be the main point of contact for the nursing team and will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care to the children and young people supported by the team. The post holder will provide clinical leadership, support staff development, and oversee the coordination and delivery of nursing care. They will be responsible for managing emergency situations, safeguarding concerns, and other complex clinical issues, ensuring high standards of care and professional practice are maintained. The post holder will also be expected to maintain knowledge and expertise in children's continence care and provide specialist advice and support as required. ### Main duties of the job Acts as direct line manager to the School Nursing Team across Sherwood Park Special Needs School Campus. Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families. Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate. Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children’s Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children’s Services. Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented. Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children’s Continence Service) are met. Delegates appropriately to ensure consistent co-ordinated care. Acts as a specialist practitioner and is a resource to other staff both within the department and wider organisation. Leads by examples and maintains a high level of professional conduct at all times. Is aware of issues relating to information governance and data security. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities . - .... ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Advanced communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. - Leadership skills - Ability to lead and motivate a staff team with varying abilities and facilitate change. **Desirable** - Knowledge of specialist communication skills e.g. Makaton & Core boards - Previous use of electronic records systems (EMIS) ### Experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience - Previous experience of working with children with severe & profound learning disabilities and complex health needs - Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team. - Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance. - Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team **Desirable** - Experienced in carrying out children’s continence assessments and providing continence advice to both children with and without disabilities. - Previous experience of working in a special school / Community setting. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child or Learning Disability) - Mentorship Qualification - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development **Desirable** - Leadership and Management Qualification ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [team leader (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10707456) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.