More choice. More locations.
Bank working, but with greater flexibility and opportunities for you.
The West Yorkshire Staff Bank is your way to access more shifts in mental health, learning disability and autism services across the NHS in West Yorkshire, and other areas including Barnsley and York.
By joining, you'll be able to book shifts with ease using your existing EmployeeOnline account. Log-in to EmployeeOnline via the following links:
The West Yorkshire Staff Bank is open to nurses and health support workers wanting to work shifts in inpatient areas, across the following three Trusts:
Working on the bank will give you the opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of services, ranging from adult acute mental health services, to children's services, learning disability services, and dementia care.
The West Yorkshire Staff Bank is not the same as the NHS Talking Therapies National Staff Bank, which is specifically for NHS Talking Therapies services.
Greater flexibility and control
With more shifts on offer across a wider variety of Trust sites and services, you can choose those that best suit your lifestyle - working how you want, when you want.
Boost your CV
Invest in your future by gaining invaluable experience working alongside a greater range of teams and colleagues. This will also provide you with more opportunities for learning and development.
Get to where you're needed most
Help make a difference wherever it's needed, and play a vital role in keeping staffing levels safe and quality of care high across our services.
Be part of something bigger
Top up your usual bank shifts with shifts from other neighbouring NHS trusts.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
StaffBank@bdct.nhs.uk
01274 251116
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
BankStaffingDepartment.lypft@nhs.net
0113 85 59900 (option 2)
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
trustbank@swyt.nhs.net or for booking shifts bankbooking@swyt.nhs.net
01924 316192 (Trust Bank) or 01924 316406 (Bank Booking)
In signing up to the West Yorkshire Staff Bank, you agree to the Terms of Engagement and Privacy Notice.
A guide to signing up to the West Yorkshire Staff Bank which includes screenshots is available to download here.
Find answers to your questions about the West Yorkshire Staff Bank here:
The West Yorkshire Staff Bank is a partnership between the following Trusts, that provide mental health, learning disability and autism services:
It is open to any staff who are interested in working shifts across West Yorkshire, as well as in Barnsley and York.
Joining the West Yorkshire Staff Bank is completely voluntary. But if you do choose to sign up, you’ll have access to more shifts across more services over a wider geographical area. The map below shows the areas covered by the West Yorkshire Staff Bank and the sites where you could pick up shifts.
We hope this will improve your work-life balance by giving you the chance to book shifts and work flexibly at other trust sites and services that suit you, while giving you the chance to earn some extra money.
As a West Yorkshire Staff Bank worker, you can also gain more experience and opportunities for development by working in different teams and specialties alongside different colleagues.
Join a Trust staff bank first (this will be your ‘Home Trust’ - one of these Trusts:)
All three NHS trusts already have their own temporary staffing banks to cover shifts in their own services. What's new is that the West Yorkshire Staff Bank will advertise vacant shifts from all three trusts to a wider pool of staff.
To have access to these shifts, you will need to join one of the three trusts’ own staff banks first. This would usually be the one that covers the area where you live and is known as your Home Trust. To join, you will need to get in touch with the relevant bank staffing department, and you can find their contact details below.
If you are a substantive employee at any of the three trusts, you are also eligible to join the West Yorkshire Staff Bank. But you will need to make sure you are registered with your Home Trust staff bank first.
You can only have one Home Trust.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust StaffBank@bdct.nhs.uk 01274 251116 Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
BankStaffingDepartment.lypft@nhs.net 0113 85 59900 (option 2) South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust trustbank@swyt.nhs.uk or for booking shifts bankbooking@swyt.nhs.uk 01924 316192 (Trust Bank) or 01924 316406 (Bank Booking).
Your Home Trust is the trust where you are normally based, as either a bank or substantive worker.
CloudStaff is the name of the solution provided by RLDatix that enables us to run the West Yorkshire Staff Bank. You access the CloudStaff features via EmployeeOnline. Log in to EmployeeOnline via the following links: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
You will be able to book a West Yorkshire Staff Bank shift in the same way as you would book any other bank shift. Shifts available at the three trusts are displayed and booked in the same way on EmployeeOnline. Log in to EmployeeOnline via the following links: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
You will only be able to book West Yorkshire Staff Bank shifts when you have met the terms of your Home Trust bank (for example, you will need to have worked a certain number of shifts). If you are unable to book West Yorkshire Staff Bank shifts and you're not sure why, please contact your Home Trust bank office.
You should only be able to see and book shifts for which you have the necessary skills and you should not undertake any duties during the shift which you do not feel able to perform.
For information about the maximum number of hours you can work in a week, please refer to your Home Trust's HR policies.
We encourage you to find out more about our trusts, the services we offer, and the values and behaviours we abide by, by visiting our trust websites.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
When you arrive for your first shift on a new ward or in a service that is new to you, you will need to ask for a local induction. This will help you familiarise yourself with your new surroundings, helping to keep both you and your patients safe.
If your Home Trust is Leeds and York, you will need access to SystmOne and a smartcard to work shifts at Bradford and South West Yorkshire. This can be arranged via the Leeds and York bank office and should form part of your enrolment on the West Yorkshire Staff Bank.
No. Your employment checks will be completed by your Home Trust staff bank and you will not need anything extra to pick up shifts elsewhere. However, you are required to be DBS checked prior to registration on the bank and you will be expected to maintain your registration with the DBS Update Service.
You will need to prove your identity by showing your Home Trust photo ID badge when you report for work at the beginning of your shift.
For more information about DBS checks and the DBS Update Service registration fees for each Trust, please refer to: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust bank staff intranet page Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust bank staff handbook For South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, please contact the Bank Office via trustbank@swyt.nhs.uk or 01924 316192.
Your training and accreditation records will go with you no matter where you work. For some roles, you may be asked to undertake short ‘top up’ training sessions to cover differences between the three Trusts. You will be paid for this training. Further opportunities for top up training may also become available.
However it is expected that you are fully compliant with your compulsory/mandatory training.
You will receive the same rates of pay as you would working at your Home Trust.
You should wear the uniform provided by your Home Trust for any West Yorkshire Staff Bank shifts that require a uniform. If you’re not sure whether or not you need to wear a uniform, you can check here. You will need to wear your photo ID badge provided by your Home Trust at all times while on shift.
You will be paid by the Trust staff bank where you first registered (your Home Trust) in line with their payment schedules.
The amount you are paid for each shift will depend on the role you’re covering and the work you’re doing.
Payslips are electronic and can be accessed via Trust computers using your smartcard or via the remote access portal to your Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
The total hours you work will automatically be submitted to payroll via the roster system once they’ve been finalised by the ward / team. You should raise any discrepancies or late payments with your Home Trust bank team, who will be able to support you to resolve this.
Once shifts are finalised, you will be paid in line with the payment schedules of your Home Trust. Managers are being encouraged to finalise shifts promptly to avoid any delay.
BankStaffingDepartment.lypft@nhs.net 0113 85 59900 (option 2) South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust trustbank@swyt.nhs.uk or for booking shifts bankbooking@swyt.nhs.uk 01924 316192 (Trust Bank) or 01924 316406 (Bank Booking)
No, you will only be able to use Wagestream for shifts you work at your Home Trust.
There may be some cases where you can claim travel expenses for journeys you make while on shift, for example, if you are working with a community team.
For information on what can be claimed and how, please refer to: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust bank staff intranet page Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust bank staff handbook
For South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, please contact the Bank Office via trustbank@swyt.nhs.uk or 01924 316192.
If you change any of your personal details – including your name, address, telephone number, email address or bank details – you will need to let us know via your Home Trust bank office. Please do this in writing and update employee self-service via MyESR. If you don’t let us know of any changes, this may affect your pay.
If you’re not able to attend your shift for any reason, please contact your Home Trust’s bank office. If the bank office is closed, please contact the unit where you were due on shift. Contact details for each ward are available here.
While we understand that sometimes cancelling shifts is unavoidable, we do ask you to please be reliable. Regularly cancelling at short-notice or not turning up for shifts will be managed in line with your Home Trust policies.
If we need to cancel your shift and it's with less than two hours' notice, you will be paid a minimum of two hours pay unless alternative duties are offered. If you choose to decline the alternative offered then unfortunately you won't receive any payment.
If you have any work-related concerns during your time with us, please report them to the bank staff manager at your Home Trust in the first instance. They will listen to your concerns in confidence and will be able to advise you on next steps. The principles of the trusts’ Raising Concerns and Whistleblowing Policies may apply, and if relevant, you will be encouraged to follow these.
We understand that people’s circumstances change and that there may come a time when you are no longer able to continue working on the West Yorkshire Staff Bank. If this is the case, please inform your Home Trust’s bank office. You can opt back in at any time, as long as you are registered with one of the three individual trusts’ staff banks.
You should contact your Home Trust staff bank office in the first instance, using the following contact details:
