Bank - Mental Health Community Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses for a temporary staffing bank role. Your responsibilities will include patient assessment, care planning, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants must be registered nurses with crisis management skills and effective communication abilities.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay

Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay

Access to the NHS pension scheme

Paid mandatory training

Flexible working hours

Free uniform

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least two years post-registration experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in supporting individuals experiencing emotional distress.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate all aspects of patient care.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies.
• Engage service users and their families with empathy and compassion.

Skills

Crisis resolution skills

Communication

Empathy

Education

RMN

Job description

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Job Summary

We are seeking experienced Band 6 Community 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."

Job Summary

We are seeking experienced Band 6 Community 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."

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

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:1. 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.2. 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.3. Be proactive, innovative and creative in delivering care, enabling the facilitation of service user's recovery4. Engage service users and carers in relapse prevention and crisis plans, providing intervention that maximizes the service user's ability to resolve crisis and prevent hospitalization.5. Facilitate early discharge from both inpatient and Home Treatment Team by providing regular, formal reviews.6. Deliver a flexible and responsive service through practice that is dictated by service users/carers needs.7. Work collaboratively and effectively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies.8. Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.9. 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;
• 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;
• Opportunity to apply for permanent posts.
  
  

Details

Date posted

09 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£20.15 an hour plus HCAS

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

395-BANK212-JUL25

Job locations

Various

London & Essex

IG3 8XJ

Job Description

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.

Job Description

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

Essential

• RMN
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post
  
  

Skills

Essential

• Crisis resolution and management skills.
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

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

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Various

London & Essex

IG3 8XJ

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Various

London & Essex

IG3 8XJ

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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