Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Band 7 Team Leader to our well-established Special School nursing service within Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. This post is 30 hours per week, on an all-year-round contract. The successful candidate will have proven leadership skills and knowledge of the special school nursing service. It is essential that the successful candidate has recent clinical skills and experience in caring for children/young people with complex health needs and a sound knowledge and background in safeguarding processes. The successful candidate will need to be a Registered nurse.

This post is Countywide with a base in Bromsgrove and Worcester.

This is a part time role working 30 hours per week.

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and appropriate care to children, young people, and their families. This will include professional leadership and allocation and delegation of work to meet service users' individual needs, ensuring care is delivered by competent staff. The post holder will provide day to day operational delivery including supervision and support to the Team throughout the County. You must be able to plan and evaluate care needs, have excellent clinical skills and assessment skills, deliver teaching sessions in school and assess staff for competencies to undertake health interventions.

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Details
Date posted
24 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
798-8318784
Job locations
Estates Block, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
We are looking for a committed and dynamic Team Leader to work within the school environment with our dedicated Special school nursing team. This role is important in supporting the Healthcare needs of children and young people attending Special schools.

Are you dedicated to providing help, care, and support to those who most need it?

This is an opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of children, young people, and their family by supporting training and clinical care within the community.

By joining our team, you will be providing valuable opportunity for a child, young person, and family to meet their full potential and achieve their chosen life outcomes.

For full details of the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RSCN / RGN / RMN Child Branch
• BSc degree
• Evidence of professional development
• Mentorship qualifications

Desirable

• Relevant accredited courses e.g., Leadership / Management Qualification

Experience
Essential

• Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
• Significant recent nursing experience post-registration
• Previous experience providing a health service to children and young people within a community School Health / Public health nursing team
• Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
• Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
• Experience in training / teaching and student assessment
• Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment

Desirable

• Working within a sexual health environment

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of research and clinical governance
• Knowledge of Public Health developments / agenda
• Knowledge of current NHS priorities in relation to Children and Young People
• Knowledge of the wider influences which impact on service delivery e.g. the commissioning agenda

Desirable

• Knowledge of managing change / conflict

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Group presentation skills
• IT skills / Microsoft Office: Word / Outlook / Excel
• Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries

Desirable

• Teaching
• Innovative Skills to implement effective critical analysis

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
• Current registration with NMC

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Estates Block, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead Children's Nursing
Louise Dargie
louisedargie@nhs.net
07710065959

Supporting documents
Privacy notice
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).