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.
Job overview
We are seeking experienced 0-19 Community Band 5 Nurses to join our temporary staffing pool, working on an as-needed basis to support our team, department, and organization in achieving the Trust’s mission of "best care by the best people." We are looking for qualified nurses who are passionate and motivated to provide high-quality care in children’s services.
Applicants must be registered with the NMC and have experience and/or relevant qualifications in working with children and young people. Temporary positions are available, including block bookings and ad-hoc shifts. 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. Assist the 0-19 Team in their duties where appropriate.
2. Support and assist Nursery Nurses as required.
3. Undertake interventions as directed by the Specialist Community Practitioner, e.g. immunisation and vaccination, screening.
4. Assess the health needs of the child and community involving the carer and/or child in the process of meeting those health needs.
5. Monitor the health of the child and involve the carers in promoting optimum health and development of the child.
6. Liaise with other statutory and voluntary agencies and maintain good working relationships, making referrals and consulting as necessary.
7. Be aware of the deviations from the norm in health and behaviour and to intervene to protect vulnerable children by prompt action by referral.
8. Assist the Specialist Community Practitioner at Child Health Clinics monitoring the growth of babies and children, advising parents on aspects of parenting within his/her knowledge base and referring to the Specialist Community Practitioner where there are problems or more detailed advice is required.
9. Carry out home visits as delegated by the Specialist Community Practitioner.
Working for our organisation
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;
* Flexibility of hours/location;
* Priority over agency staff for booking shifts;
* Free uniform;
* Opportunity to apply for permanent posts.
North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) is the leading provider of community healthcare services in South West Essex. Among the community services we provide, we deliver children’s services including health visitor, school nurse, children’s therapies and specialist children’s services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main duties of the post are outlined fully below and in the attached job description. We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RGN
Experience
* Relevant experience of working as a Community Nurse
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 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.
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.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved 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.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post. In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Temporary Staffing Recruitment Team
Job title: Recruitment Officer
Email address: TemporaryStaffingRecruitment@nelft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 300 1530
Additional information: Temporary Staffing Team
0300 300 1530 Opt 1, Opt 1
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