Bank - Mental Health Community Nurse

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Redbridge; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A temporary staffing service is seeking experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses in Redbridge. Responsibilities include assessing and planning patient care, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and providing holistic support. Candidates must be Registered Mental Health Nurses with at least two years of experience and possess strong communication and crisis management skills. This role offers competitive hourly rates and various staff benefits, including access to annual leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates

Access to paid annual leave

Statutory sick pay

Access to the NHS pension scheme

Paid mandatory training

Flexibility of hours/location

Free uniform

Opportunity to apply for permanent posts

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least two years of post-registration experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid understanding of mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for care delivery.
• Engage service users and their families with empathy.

Skills

Crisis resolution and management skills

Education

RMN

Job description

Bank - Mental Health Community Nurse

The closing date is 06 January 2026.

We are seeking experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses to join our temporary staffing bank on an as‑needed basis, supporting our Mental Health and Wellness teams in Redbridge.

To be eligible, you must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least two years of post‑registration experience. You should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, work effectively as part of a team, and have a solid understanding of mental health issues, including experience in supporting individuals experiencing emotional distress.

In this role, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate all aspects of patient care. You will collaborate with multi‑disciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure high‑quality care delivery and must demonstrate the ability to engage service users and their families with empathy and compassion.

Ability to travel effectively and efficiently throughout all localities and surrounding areas is integral to the post.

Applicants must hold a valid UK driving license and have access to a car for work purposes. Reasonable adjustments will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled applicants.

Main duties of the job

• Foster recovery through empowerment of service users and carers by involving the service user and carer in the planning of their care, establishing and maintaining consistent supportive relationships, which encourage increased self‑determination and responsibility for service users and their care.
• Offer a range of evidence based interventions and risk management approaches enabling the service user and carers to reduce and manage symptoms and high‑risk behaviour.
• Be proactive, innovative and creative in delivering care, enabling the facilitation of service user’s recovery.
• Engage service users and carers in relapse prevention and crisis plans, providing intervention that maximises the service user’s ability to resolve crisis and prevent hospitalization.
• Facilitate early discharge from both inpatient and Home Treatment Team by providing regular, formal reviews.
• Deliver a flexible and responsive service through practice that is dictated by service users/carers needs.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with members of the multi‑disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies.
• Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Provide care within the Recovery Model of practice maintaining service users within their own environment in the community.

About us

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;
• Free uniform;
• Opportunity to apply for permanent posts.

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the job are outlined fully in the attached job description.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person Specification

Qualification

• RMN

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post

Skills

• Crisis resolution and management skills.

Knowledge

• Provide a holistic service
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983, NHS and Community Care Act 1990

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust