Surrey Special School Nursing Partnership Lead

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Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/117684/20869

Apply for this job Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Fixed Term - Part Time Contract length e.g. 12 months: Fixed Term until July 2027 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 + AFC T&C's and 5% Fringe Weekly contracted hours: 30 Location: Guilford Closing Date: 25/10/2026 Job Category: HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered Service type: HCRG - Children's Services Business Unit: HCRG - Surrey 0-19

Job Introduction

As a Surrey Special School Nursing Partnership Lead you will be part of our valued team in our specialist school nursing Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• Band 7 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions + 5% Fringe
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise 
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Special School Nursing Partnership Lead to drive the transformation of Surrey’s countywide Special School Nursing Service. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for overseeing the transition from a traditional school-based model to an innovative Hub and Spoke service model, ensuring delivery meets contractual, commissioning and population health needs across Surrey.

Working closely with key stakeholders including Surrey County Council, the Integrated Care Board (ICB), special schools, families and clinical teams, you will lead the planning, implementation and governance of the redesign programme. You will play a vital role in ensuring a smooth transition, maintaining service quality, engaging the workforce, managing risks and delivering agreed outcomes that improve services for children and young people with additional needs.

This role is fixed term until July 2027.

Main Responsibilities 

• Lead the implementation of Surrey's Special School Nursing Service redesign, transitioning to a new Hub and Spoke model.
• Manage programme delivery, ensuring milestones, quality standards, contractual requirements and outcomes are achieved.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across health, education and social care, including Surrey County Council, Surrey Sussex ICB, special schools and families.
• Lead workforce engagement and change management activities, supporting staff through service transformation.
• Review and redesign pathways, processes and ways of working to improve accessibility, efficiency and service user experience.
• Oversee programme governance, risk management and reporting, ensuring safe and effective implementation.
• Use data, insight and quality improvement methodologies to drive decision-making and measure programme benefits.
• Produce repor