Senior Nurse - Fast Track Team

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health & wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Defence Employer Recognition Bronze

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced clinician to join our Fast Track Team, coordinating complex care packages and providing expert clinical assessment for patients at the end of life across health and social care networks.

You will lead on Continuing Healthcare Fast Track processes, advise families, carers and partner organisations, and help ensure care is delivered in the patient’s place of choice with a person-centred approach.

Qualifications

• Experience performing comprehensive assessments for NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track and NHS Funded Nursing Care.
• Coordinate, implement, review and monitor care packages for complex palliative and end of life needs.
• Provide clinical leadership and support education for colleagues and partner organisations.
• Advise on Fast Track processes and end of life care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessments for NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track and NHS Funded Nursing Care, ensuring timely identification of eligible patients.
• Coordinate, implement, review and monitor packages of care for patients with complex palliative and end of life care needs.
• Facilitate timely hospital discharge and support admission avoidance to enable patients to stay in their preferred place of care.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance on Continuing Healthcare eligibility, Fast Track processes and end of life care pathways.
• Work with patients, families, care homes, hospices, community services, primary care and acute providers to ensure coordinated, high-quality care.
• Monitor and evaluate care provision and escalate concerns as needed.
• Advocate for patients and families to ensure care remains person-centred.
• Support quality improvement, service development and governance activities.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to education of colleagues and partner organisations.

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients at the end of life? We are seeking an experienced and motivated clinician to join our Fast Track Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring that patients with rapidly deteriorating conditions receive timely, person-centred care in their place of choice. Working across health and social care systems, you will coordinate complex care packages, provide expert clinical assessment and decision-making, and support patients and families during some of the most significant moments of their lives.

Closing Date: 04/11/2026
Shortlisting Date: 05/11/2026
Interview Date: 10/11/2026

• Undertake comprehensive assessments for NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track and NHS Funded Nursing Care, ensuring timely identification of eligible patients.
• Coordinate, implement, review and monitor packages of care for patients with complex palliative and end of life care needs.
• Facilitate timely hospital discharge and support admission avoidance initiatives to enable patients to remain in their preferred place of care wherever possible.
• Provide specialist advice, guidance and support regarding Continuing Healthcare eligibility, Fast Track processes, NHS Funded Nursing Care and end of life care pathways.
• Work collaboratively with patients, carers, families, care homes, hospices, community services, primary care, acute providers and social care colleagues to ensure coordinated, high-quality care.
• Monitor and evaluate care provision, responding proactively to changes in patients' clinical needs and escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Act as an advocate for patients and families, ensuring that care remains person-centred and aligned to individual wishes and preferences.
• Support quality improvement, service development and governance activities within the team.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to the education and support of colleagues and partner organisations.

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

Benefits

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Lousie Celli Job title: Community Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07710 019997