BAND 5 COMMUNITY STAFF NURSE in Batley

Bank Band 5 Community Staff Nurse – Join Our Community Nursing Network

Locala is welcoming applications from enthusiastic, motivated, and caring experienced qualified nurses to join our Community Nursing Network (CNN) on our Bank workforce. We will support you to thrive in the role and continue to develop your community nursing skills. We have nine teams across North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield, delivering high‑quality care to patients in their own homes and local communities.

As a Bank Band 5 Community Staff Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering person‑centred care, carrying out holistic assessments, and supporting patients to manage their health needs effectively.

• Delivering seamless nursing care to housebound patients.
• Coordinating care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Promoting self‑care for patients with long‑term conditions.
• Contributing to health promotion and innovative projects that improve patient outcomes.

• A qualified nurse with energy, enthusiasm, and a commitment to high standards of care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptability, reliability, and a positive approach to teamwork.

• A fantastic preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, clinical supervision, and support to achieve your competencies.
• Flexible working options to support work‑life balance.
• A generous pension scheme and access to a structured nursing career framework.

• Flexible working – We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work‑life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%.
• Refer a Friend Scheme – If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme.

Our service operates between 8am and 9pm, with core hours of 8am–5pm. You will work a minimum of one weekend in four and two late shifts (1pm–9pm) over a four‑week period.

For further information, please contact: sarah.taylor@locala.org.uk or lisa.holdsworth@locala.org.uk.

Closing date – 16 April 2026. Interviews to be held on TBC.

About us: Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues' lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”