Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
We are seeking experienced Band 5 Mental Health Nurses to join our temporary staffing bank on an as-needed basis, supporting our teams and contributing to the Trust's mission of delivering "the best care by the best people." Applicants must hold current RMN registration with at least six months of post-qualification experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and a solid understanding of mental health issues are essential. Experience in managing emotional distress with empathy and compassion is vital. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of care, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure comprehensive care delivery. CAMHS experience is highly desirable. Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Operating, as named clinician, for a group of clients, under the supervision of a Team Manager. Providing high-quality evidence-based and individualised mental health care to a clearly defined group of patients, relatives, and carers. Supervising unqualified staff in the delivery of their care. Working and acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary teams, supporting each service user in the achievement of planned outcomes. Leadership
To supervise unqualified staff in the delivery of care. To demonstrate appropriate values to working with a mental health setting to junior staff. Identify any performance concerns about agency staff and liaise with line manager when necessary. Identify performance concerns about support staff working on the unit and ensure they are interacting appropriately and effectively with service users, relatives, and carers at all times. Facilitate students achieving their competencies relevant to their outcome. Clinical Skills
Ensure that own knowledge and skills are constantly updated. Actively participate in clinical supervisions. Actively participate in management supervision. Be aware of the KSF outline for the post and develop and maintain a portfolio of evidence for KSF review meetings. Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within the agreed time scale. Working for our organisation
We operate a Temporary Staffing service and offer our Bank Staff excellent benefits including: Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay; Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay; Access to the NHS pension scheme; Paid mandatory training; Opportunities for locally agreed training; PAMOVA training for Mental Health staff; Flexibility of hours/location; Priority over agency staff for booking shifts; Opportunity to apply for permanent posts. NELFT provides award-winning community and mental healthcare for over 2 million people. We work to ensure our patients, their friends, and family feel confident that their health needs are well met. We are committed to delivering the
best care
for our patients. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main duties of the post are outlined fully in the attached job description. We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff, and their families. Person specification
Qualification
RGN Experience
Broad experience of working with adult people with mental health needs. Skills
To demonstrate ability to use effective time management and work under pressure. We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions, and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations, and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours, or another flexible pattern. We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community makes to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists, and military spouses, and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp. Equal opportunities employer We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. Correspondence with us You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post. In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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We are seeking experienced Band 5 Mental Health Nurses to join our temporary staffing bank on an as-needed basis, supporting our teams and contributing to the Trust's mission of delivering "the best care by the best people." Applicants must hold current RMN registration with at least six months of post-qualification experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and a solid understanding of mental health issues are essential. Experience in managing emotional distress with empathy and compassion is vital. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of care, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure comprehensive care delivery. CAMHS experience is highly desirable. Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Operating, as named clinician, for a group of clients, under the supervision of a Team Manager. Providing high-quality evidence-based and individualised mental health care to a clearly defined group of patients, relatives, and carers. Supervising unqualified staff in the delivery of their care. Working and acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary teams, supporting each service user in the achievement of planned outcomes. Leadership
To supervise unqualified staff in the delivery of care. To demonstrate appropriate values to working with a mental health setting to junior staff. Identify any performance concerns about agency staff and liaise with line manager when necessary. Identify performance concerns about support staff working on the unit and ensure they are interacting appropriately and effectively with service users, relatives, and carers at all times. Facilitate students achieving their competencies relevant to their outcome. Clinical Skills
Ensure that own knowledge and skills are constantly updated. Actively participate in clinical supervisions. Actively participate in management supervision. Be aware of the KSF outline for the post and develop and maintain a portfolio of evidence for KSF review meetings. Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within the agreed time scale. Working for our organisation
We operate a Temporary Staffing service and offer our Bank Staff excellent benefits including: Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay; Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay; Access to the NHS pension scheme; Paid mandatory training; Opportunities for locally agreed training; PAMOVA training for Mental Health staff; Flexibility of hours/location; Priority over agency staff for booking shifts; Opportunity to apply for permanent posts. NELFT provides award-winning community and mental healthcare for over 2 million people. We work to ensure our patients, their friends, and family feel confident that their health needs are well met. We are committed to delivering the
best care
for our patients. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main duties of the post are outlined fully in the attached job description. We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff, and their families. Person specification
Qualification
RGN Experience
Broad experience of working with adult people with mental health needs. Skills
To demonstrate ability to use effective time management and work under pressure. We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions, and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations, and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours, or another flexible pattern. We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community makes to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists, and military spouses, and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp. Equal opportunities employer We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. Correspondence with us You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post. In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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