Job summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

You must be a registered Nursing Associate registered with the NMC - or in the process of registering.

We are looking to employ two Band 4 Registered Nurse Associates in our Special School Nursing Service, working in a service that covers 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

The Service provides care in the school to ensure children with complex care needs are met

These post is citywide and staff can expect to be moved to different areas to gain a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting Children, Young People and Families.

You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team that includes Community Paediatricians, Paediatric & Learning Disability Nurses, Speech and Language, Physiotherapists, Education Staff and Disabled Children's Social Care.

You will be required to either be a car driver or be able to evidence how you can travel across the city as you may be assigned to several care packages in one day to attend and support staff.

Main duties of the job
You will support families at Schools to ensure health needs are met and Child, Young Person & Family are supported through Early Help, Education & Healthcare Plans, SEND. You will be responsible for the holistic, comprehensive assessment of more complex community patients, delivering clinical care and contributing to the evaluation of person centred care plans.

You will be required to support staff in the service

The role requires excellent communication skills, IT skills, and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and highly organised and to prioritise your workload effectively.

Experience of care in a community setting would be an advantage but not essential. You must be able to travel around the city during the working day.

You must be a registered Nursing Associate registered with the NMC - or in the process of registering.

You will have access to ongoing training and development, annual appraisals and clinical supervision.

About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Details
Date posted: 29 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time,
Term time hours
Reference number: 820-8286948-CF
Job locations: City Wide
Alcester Road/ Rednal Road
Birmingham
B18 7EE
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For more details on what this job involves, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or functional skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent.

Other job requirements
Essential

• Willing and able to undertake training appropriate to the role.
• Able to organise own work
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
• Computer literate.
• Able to travel City Wide

Personal Qualities
Essential

• oAbility to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• oAbility to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
• oAbility to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal) with children/YP, parent/carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• oAbility to develop effective and appropriate relationships with children/YP, parent/carers and colleagues.
• oAbility to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
• Knowledge of policies and procedures related to safeguarding children and adults

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of working with children with complex health needs and or disabilities.
• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address: City Wide
Alcester Road/ Rednal Road
Birmingham
B18 7EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Office Manager - Special School Nursing
Thangila Miah
thangila.miah1@nhs.net
07743192870

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.