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.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Havering Home Treatment Team / Crisis Care Team is seeking full time Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration and Teaching qualification (ENB 998, TICS etc.).
A clear understanding of Home Treatment/Crisis Resolution Model of service delivery including Gate keeping and facilitating early discharges from the ward. Ability to work under pressure both as an independent practitioner as well as a team player.
Who are NELFT?
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts of its kind in the country. Providing mental health and community services across north east London and parts of Essex, we are committed to making the most of opportunities to work across traditional healthcare boundaries to bring real benefits to our patients and service users.
Our core aim is to improve the overall health and wellbeing of local people. We work closely with other organisations and are continuously looking to develop innovative, integrated and comprehensive healthcare services that support people out of hospital where possible.
With an annual budget of more than £300million, we provide care and treatment for a population of approximately million people in their own homes, health centres and in hospital. We employ around 6,000 staff.
The extensive range of specialist services we provide means that it is possible to get a variety of different working experiences within the same organisation.
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.
• Medication management.
This is a developmental post and applications from newly qualified nurses are welcome
A one year preceptorship programme is offered for the right candidate
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).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High-Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
NELFT recognises its responsibility to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and protecting them from the risk of harm. We expect all staff to undertake this commitment and applicants will be subject to recruitment processes that support this.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application.
The post may close before the scheduled closing date depending on the volume of applications.
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit;. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Regisered Mental Health Nurse
2. NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Working with people with complex, acute mental health needs
4. Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating aspects of care.
5. To have experience in working / liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care.
6. Ability performs under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team Manager and following through available agreed care pathways.
Desirable criteria
7. Practice Assessors Training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
9. A clear understanding of Home Treatment / Crisis Resolution Model of service delivery including gate keeping and facilitate early discharges from the ward.
10. The 1983 Mental Health Act and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance
11. Safeguarding Children and adults.
12. Excellent working knowledge of intensive care programme approach.
13. Medication management
Skills
Essential criteria
14. Well-developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change.
15. Ability to facilitate positive multi-disciplinary working relationships across all services areas.
16. Ability to take positive risk and provide care to service Users, in the least restrictive environment.
17. Ability to maintain confidentiality where appropriate.
18. Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery.
Others
Essential criteria
19. To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
20. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
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:
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.