Senior Nurse Craven LD Team
Job overview
Are you a dedicated, motivated nurse who wants to make a meaningful difference for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and complex health needs?
We’re offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior Nurse (Band 6) to join the Craven Learning Disabilities Team at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We’re looking for an NMC‑registered nurse who
- Has experience supporting children and young people with SEND and complex health needs
- Communicates clearly and works well with others
- Is flexible, proactive, and committed to improving outcomes for children
- Embodies the Trust’s values and vision for inclusive healthcare
- Has a genuine passion for supporting vulnerable children in their school environments
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust delivers award‑winning mental health, community health, and learning disability services. Our SNSN Team plays a vital role in helping children with additional health needs reach their full potential in school.
Join a team where your contribution truly matters—and help every child thrive.
Closing Date: 08/11/2026 at midnight
Shortlisting Date: 09/11/2026
Interview Date: 16/11/2026
Main duties of the job
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.
Working for our organisation
- 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
