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.

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Job overview

An exciting Opportunity has come up in Redbridge Home Treatment Team / Crisis Care Team. We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration to work with us.

The candidate must have extensive experience in assessments of patients in crisis and formulating a plan in line with the assessment outcome.

The candidate will be expected to drive to different locations in Redbridge to assess patients and administer medications. A driving licence and car are essential to the role.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the post:

To ensure that assessments and care plans reflect the psychological, emotional, social care, treatment, intervention and risk management needs appropriate to adults with acute mental health problems.
•To enable others to contribute effectively, acknowledging the nature of and context of their work, sharing and taking account of own and others’ knowledge and skills, and differences in working and professional practice
•To work closely with other disciplines to deliver joined up care.
•To take joint responsibility for teaching and assessing of student nurses and other multi-disciplinary staff who are on placement within the team.
•To actively identify a full range of needs pertaining to equality and diversity issues that may arise for service users.

Gate Keeping Risk Management Rotating between HTT base, ICAH base, the inpatient wards in Goodmayes as an HTT liaison to facilitate early discharges and some night shifts at local A&E’s (Covering sickness absence and annual leave) as part of the gate keeping responsibility Shift co-ordination during the day, allocating responsibilities and dealing with emergencies at base

HTT is a 24hrs service therefore the post holder is required to work week days and weekend days. There might be a time you are asked to cover night shifts when staff are off sick and when they are away on annual leave.

A valid driving licence and Car are essential to this role.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436).

Use of AI

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RMN Degree Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

Mentorship

Experience

Essential criteria

Providing staff supervision and appraisal to qualified and non- professionally aligned staff. Risk assessment and management within a mental health inpatient setting or community setting. Ability to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions and following through available agreed care pathways. Psychiatric liaison experience

Desirable criteria

Managing clinical services.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Thorough knowledge of the 1983 Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children’s Act, and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance. Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery

Other

Essential criteria

To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area Well-developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change. Ability to lead and direct teams performance and activities. To be flexible, supportive and if required to take on management of new services as required

Benefits

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. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

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 effortsto 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.

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.