Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) is a high-performing organisation rated as ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission.
With a purpose to improve the health and wellbeing for our patients, children and communities, we are a values-driven organisation committed to providing clinically and financially sustainable high quality services by supporting our 5,500 colleagues to thrive at work.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) is an integrated provider of Acute, Community and Children’s and Young People’s Public Health Services.
HDFT is the principal provider of district general hospital services to the population of Harrogate and the surrounding district, and also provides services to North and West Leeds. In total this covers a catchment population for acute and community services of approximately 316,000 people. In addition, the Trust provides some community services across North Yorkshire (with a population of 621,000 people) and provides Children’s and Young People’s Public Health Services between birth and 19 (or in some cases 25) years of age in North Yorkshire, County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, Sunderland, Gateshead, Northumberland, Wakefield, Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness. The Trust’s Children’s Public Health Services look after over 600,000 children across these localities. HDFT is the largest provider of public health services for children and young people in England.
Our values and strategy
Our values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality are a key component of what makes HDFT the organisation it is today and underpin our Strategy – it is not only important what we do, but also how we do it so our Values are underpinned with a values based behavioural framework – which is the expectation for the standards of behaviour of every colleague in HDFT.
Our Trust Strategy and Ambitions
Staff engagement
“In our 2024 NHS Staff Survey, our overall staff engagement score ranks HDFT 4th/22 equivalent NHS Trusts in the North East and Yorkshire region. Colleagues consistently rated the Trust as above average across all seven areas of the NHS People Promise including Recognition & Reward, Working Flexibly and being Compassionate and Inclusive, and in both themes of Staff Engagement and Morale. Line management and flexible working have been identified as relative strengths for the Trust compared with other organisations. For more details see 2024 NHS Staff Survey – Our Results
Here are just a few of the NHS careers at HDFT
- Allied Health Professionals (Dieticians, Podiatrist, Speech and Language Therapist, Radiographer, Physiotherapist
- Community Services (Health Visitor, School Nurse, Community and District Nursing
- Non Clinical roles (Ward Clerk, HR Manager, Medical Secretary)
- Nurses and Midwives
- Doctors and Dentists
- Apprenticeships
- Care Support Workers
- Health Sciences (Scientists, Technical and Pharmaceutical Professionals)
- Support Services
Find out more about joining teamHDFT
We welcome applications for clinical and non-clinical roles across our Trust: Search for current vacancies at www.hdft.nhs.uk/careers