Community Staff Nurse

Main area Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent. Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Variable hours available, please contact to discuss) Job -

Employer:

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. Employer type: NHS. Site:
North. Locality:
Town Bradford. Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum. Salary period:
Yearly. Closing: 02/03/2026 23:59. Interview date: 10/03/2026.

Bradford District Care Trust is an award‑winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high‑quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

Are you looking for a role where no two days are the same? Where you have the opportunity to make a difference to people living in their home environment? If so this could be the job for you.

We are currently inviting applications for a Community Staff Nurse to join our Community Nursing Team in North Bradford.

As a community nurse working within the planned care service, you will be providing high quality care for people in their own homes, ranging from long term conditions to complex and palliative care. You’ll be working on a rotational basis as part of a seven‑day service, with the support of agile technology to help you deliver timely, high quality care, with support from specialists across the Trust.

Shift patterns are between the hours of 8am and 9pm, 7 days per week.

There are lots of development opportunities available to you as a community staff nurse to enable you to progress your career and offer promotion to senior nurses or further study to become a qualified specialist practitioner or advanced practitioner, along with other modes of study to enhance your skills in tissue viability or palliative care as a few examples.

Applicants must be able to regularly travel extensively across the district to meet the needs and demands of the service.

To work as part of the district nursing team to ensure high quality health care is delivered to patients in their own home and/or clinic setting. To work in collaboration with the wider Primary Health Care team, whilst participating in the assessment of health needs and delivery of care to the practice population. The service is delivered over a 7-day rota and postholders are expected to work flexibly in line with agreed operating hours to cover a 24‑hour service.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please read the attached Job Description and the Person Specification for more information about this role.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare…