Job overview

Closing Date:  9th November 2025.

Shortlisting to take place after closing date:  Commencing 10th November 2025.

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting:  W/C 17th November 2025.

VIRTUAL WARD Frail Elderly- Community but not as you know it!

This is an exciting opportunity to join an Award Winning Multidisciplinary Community team.

Varying shift patterns available to cover days and nights. Family friendly and part time hours considered, please ring if you have specific requirements which you would like to discuss.

The Community Elderly Virtual Ward Team is made up of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Support Workers and Healthcare Assistants along with a Consultant. 

We provide care in a patients home therefore a  full UK driving license and access to a car is essential. Overseas driving licence will not be accepted. 

The post holder will deliver seamless care across organisational boundaries reviewing patients in a community setting in order to improve the ability for patients to self-care; to enable patients to recover at home following illness/ preventing the need for patients to be admitted to hospital.

Main duties of the job

The team supports patients with the challenges of rehabilitation and work to achieve the optimum abilities of the patient under the direction of a therapist/senior nurse. 

Staff newly appointed into the service will be provided with a competence package and they will be supported and developed in this role to provide a first class service to our patients. 

Working for our organisation

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we’re passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We’re keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.

We’re a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.

In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We’ve received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand-new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children’s unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.