Role: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Teacher
Location: The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, London
Contract: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits package plus career development)
We’re looking for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Teacher to join our team at The Portland hospital and help provide education support for the children in our care by designing and delivering teaching on our wards and keeping them on track with their educational needs. It’s a truly unique opportunity to make a tremendous difference to their lives during a time where they could potentially fall behind on their studies.
Day to day you’ll support with the design and provision of an engaging curriculum and regularly liaise and share information with families, schools and teachers to ensure we’re meeting each patients’ educational requirements. It can be challenging at times, the children in our care may often be quite unwell and have very complex needs, but if you can bring us the compassionate mindset we need and an understanding of the appropriate approaches for children with a high level of SEND needs then we can offer you a chance to build a truly rewarding career with us.
Who We’re Looking For
- Qualified teacher status – MPS 5+ or UPR 1+ (Based on Private sector salaries)
- Significant experience of teaching in a special school (UK) and working with children who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Ability to plan, teach and adapt lessons at short notice where there may be little or no pupil information
- Able to use a range of augmented communication e.g. signing, intensive interaction, communication aids, objects of reference
- Confidence and sensitivity interacting and working alongside parents, carers and sick children in stressful environments
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day.
- 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
- Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
- Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
- Group Life Assurance from day one
- Critical illness cover
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
- Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
- Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our Mission Is Simple, Above All Else We’re Committed To The Care And Improvement Of Human Life, a Clear Statement That Extends To Both Our Patients And Colleagues. To Achieve This, We Live And Breathe Four Core Values
- Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
- Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
- Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
- Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.