Bank - Mental Health Community Nurse

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare trust in Greater London seeks a Registered Mental Health Nurse to provide high-quality care for service users experiencing emotional distress. Candidates should have at least two years of post-registration experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves developing supportive relationships with service users and participating in crisis prevention strategies while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. This position offers competitive hourly rates and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates

Access to paid annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Paid training

Free uniform

Qualifications

• At least two years of post-registration experience.
• Ability to travel effectively throughout localities.
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work.

Responsibilities

• Foster recovery through empowerment of service users and carers.
• Engage service users in relapse prevention and crisis plans.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication

Team collaboration

Understanding of mental health issues

Empathy and compassion

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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 that 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 users’ 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 hospitalisation.
• 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.

Benefits Snapshot

• 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. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• 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.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

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.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved a 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.

Eligibility & Qualifications

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 licence and have access to a car for work purposes. Reasonable adjustments will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled applicants.

About Us

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, providing 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 five 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.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.

Temporary Staffing Service Benefits

• Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay
• Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay
• My Trust Benefits discount scheme
• 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