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Senior Nurse Craven LD Team

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Keighley, BD21 1SA

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

13 September 2026

13 days left

Job description

Are you a dedicated, motivated nurse who wants to make a meaningful difference for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabi...

To work within the Children's Learning Disability service in the Craven area.

The post holder will provide specialist health and behavioral assessments for children and young people referred to the Children's Learning Disability Team. They will deliver evidence-based interventions across a range of settings, including the family home, educational environments, and community locations, ensuring care is tailored to individual needs.

Working collaboratively with parents, carers, partner agencies, and key stakeholders, the post holder will promote the delivery of responsive, effective, safe, and person-centred services that achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with learning disabilities.

The role will also contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the Children's Learning Disability Service, providing clinical leadership, supervision, and line management to staff within the team to support high-quality practice and service delivery.

The individual will provide clinical nursing expertise to children referred to the team.

The post holder will be responsible for providing supervision and the management of a defined caseload.

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 > 4500

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 note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current professional registration with the NMC
  • Mentorship qualification e.g. SLiPS, ENB 998
  • Registered Learning Disability Nurse / Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Qualified to Degree level or working towards Equivalent leadership experience

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years post-qualification experience of working with young people and their families within the community
  • Knowledge of working with children and young people with complex health needs/disabilities and their families
  • Experience of managing a complex caseload where there is a high level of risk and vulnerability
  • Experience of recognising and responding to safeguarding issues (adult, child, domestic abuse, CSE, missing, prevent)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of the EHCP process
  • Able to demonstrate the application of Signs of Safety in practice
  • Able to demonstrate the application of research-based practice
  • Full UK driving license.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 August 2026

Last checked

20 August 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

BDC
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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