Healthcare Assistant | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 March 2026 |
| Location: | Burnley, BB11 2DL |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7823187/351-CEN2448-LW |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Special Needs School Nursing Team within Children’s Complex Needs Service in Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic people with good communication skills to join our friendly, dynamic and supportive team. The post holder will have significant experience with working with children; particularly those with special needs would be advantageous. You will be able to relate to children, have good organisational skills and be able to work independently accessing supervision as required.
Ideally you will have an NVQ3 in care or equivalent experience and be prepared to undertake further training.
You will work within a nursing discipline working with children with complex and additional needs in the school setting and you will be an effective member of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service. The post holder will be required to support delivery of training to educational staff by the nursing team.
The post holder will work under the direction of qualified nurses within the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service. The post holder will carry out programmes of care devised by the school nurses independently or with other members of the integrated team. The post holder will work with an agreed range of children within the special school setting under the direction of the special needs school nursing team.
You will benefit from excellent management and peer support, competency-based training, and a personal and professional development plan.
It is essential that you are able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Mar 2026