The Community Staff Nurse will support Health Visitors and School Nurses in delivering high-quality, needs-led care across community settings including homes, schools and clinics.

The role involves assessing health needs, planning and delivering care, and evaluating outcomes for children and families.

The post holder will contribute to safeguarding, early intervention, and health promotion, working collaboratively with partners to address physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

They will manage a delegated caseload, maintain accurate records, and support service delivery in line with local and national priorities, ensuring care is inclusive, evidence-based and responsive to need.

Closing- 4th May 2026

Shortlisting- 6th May 2026

Interview- 14th and 15th May 2026

To work as part of the Public Health Nursing Service (0–5 and 5–19) delivering the Healthy Child Programme through a progressive universal model.

The post holder will provide evidence-based nursing care, undertake health needs assessments, and deliver targeted interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.

The role focuses on reducing health inequalities, safeguarding children, and working in partnership with families, communities and multi-agency professionals to achieve positive outcomes.

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.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

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

This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK.

During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa.

The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT).

Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust.

It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes.

Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment.

We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly