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 We are looking to recruit Band 5, registered nurses to join our expanding temporary staff bank service to support our Inpatient teams in the following areas:Alistair Farquharson Centre, Thurrock HospitalBrentwood Community HospitalMayflower Community Hospital, BillericayFoxglove Ward, King Georges HospitalGrays Court Ward 1&3, Dagenham HospitalHeronwood and Galleon, Wanstead HospitalAinslie rehabilitation unit, ChingfordYou will be involved in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care and must have recent clinical experience, ideally in a community or community hospital setting.
You will need to be a reliable, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Main duties of the job Main duties include but are not limited to:1.
To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.2.
To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to health care assistants.3.
To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.4.
To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.5.
To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
Working for our organisation Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people?
We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate about high quality care as we are.NELFT provides award winning community and mental healthcare for over 2 million people.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.We are committed to the delivering the best care for our patients.
The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values.We operate a temporary staffing service and can offer competitive hourly rates, flexibility of shifts and hours, access to the NHS pension scheme, variety of work and access to training opportunities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The main duties of the post are outlined fully in the attached job description.COVID-19 VaccinationWe 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 Essential criteria RGN experience Essential criteria Relevant experience of working as part of an inpatient team knowledge Essential criteria An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities skills Essential criteria Basic awareness of IT and IT skills BenefitsWe 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.