Job overview
Are you a passionate Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) who wants to make a meaningful difference to some of Bradford’s most vulnerable children and young people? We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse to join the BDCFT School Nursing Special Needs Team, leading the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and driving forward key public health priorities within SEMH schools across the district.
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate public health practitioner to play a key role in delivering the Healthy Child Programme to a cohort of children and young people with complex and often unmet health needs. The successful post holder will lead on the delivery of universal and targeted school nursing interventions, ensuring children in specialist SEMH settings receive equitable access to preventative healthcare, health promotion, and early intervention.
Closing- 22nd April 2026
Shortlisting- 23rd April 2026
Interview- 30th April 2026
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the development of School Nursing practice and important Public Health messages within the School Nursing Special Needs Team, which ensures equitable delivery of healthcare, to a culturally diverse school aged population with Complex health and SEND needs, attending Special Schools in Bradford and Airedale.
Contribute to the leadership of the School Nursing Special Needs, leading more junior colleagues, supporting and challenging practice, nurturing the development of others to ensure that the service delivered is to a safe and high quality.
Manage your own School Nursing caseload effectively acting as a role model to others within a skill mixed school nursing team, offering advice, support and guidance.
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 > 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Overview continued-
Working in partnership with schools, families, and multi-agency professionals, the SCPHN School Nurse will drive forward important public health priorities, including emotional health and wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, safeguarding, and reducing health inequalities. The role will involve assessment of health needs, delivery of evidence-based interventions, and ensuring appropriate signposting or referral to specialist services where required.
As part of the team, the post holder will contribute to a dynamic and evolving service, helping to shape the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within SEMH education settings. This role offers the opportunity to use specialist public health skills to influence positive health outcomes, support vulnerable children and young people, and strengthen partnership working across education and health services.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse 1st level
2. School Nurse qualification - Certificate / Diploma / Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner (School Nursing) Degree (or working towards) Current NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
3. Teaching and assessing in clinical practice qualification.
4. Counselling skills qualification
5. Child and adolescent mental health qualification.
6. Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or RSCN
7. Family planning
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Experience of working with diverse populations
9. Experience of working with children of school age.
10. Experience of Safeguarding children
11. Experience of Safeguarding children
12. Experience of Signs of Safety
13. Experience of interagency working
Desirable criteria
14. Line management experience
15. Experience of working with children and YP with SEND/complex health needs
16. Experience of immunising
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 candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been 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.
The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.
Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.
We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.
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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.