Staff Nurse

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 May 2025

Job summary

We are currently recruiting band 5 Staff Nurses within the Hospital Divisions, Acute female ward Topaz. Topaz Ward is a 17 bedded acute ward which cares for females who are in crisis and require extra support within inpatient services.

We are looking for a motivated, eager to learn, caring and compassionate nurse who will be able bring ideas and adapt to changes and improvements easily. The role will entail staff being able to have daily 1:1 discussion with patients, run groups, be pro active at the management of violence and aggression and be able to act as the Nurse in Charge and to role model good practice to junior staff and students.

Main duties of the job

Core to the Registered Nurse role is:

The establishment of therapeutic relationships with service users and carers as core to the role and our interventions
Assessment, formulation, planning, implementation and evaluation of client care that is based on therapeutic engagement, coproduction, best practice
An ongoing commitment to responsive, safe and high standard of nursing care.
Effective partnership working with services users, carers, the multidisciplinary team and a range of external agencies
A commitment to continuous professional development.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network

The post holder will be aligned with our Values:

We Are Kind
We Are Respectful
We Work Together
We Keep Things Simple
We Empower
We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£35,964 to £43,780 a year per annum Inclu Inner London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-CANDI-1282

Job locations

Highgate Mental Health Site

Dartmouth Park Hill

London

N19 5NX

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care that is based on best practice and delivers high standard of nursing care. To co-ordinate the individuals assessment and subsequent care plan as agreed with the multi-disciplinary team. To effectively communicate with clients, family and colleagues.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Able to demonstrate an understanding of the personal and clinical needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers.
Ability to negotiate and influence.
Ability to effectively run the ward as and when necessary

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a mental health setting (as a student for newly qualified staff)
Identify, initiate and manage effective practice in a patient centred way
Working knowledge of MHA 1983.
Knowledge of implementing clinical Policies and Procedures.
Willing to carry out PMVA

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Able to demonstrate an understanding of the personal and clinical needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers.
Ability to negotiate and influence.
Ability to effectively run the ward as and when necessary

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a mental health setting (as a student for newly qualified staff)
Identify, initiate and manage effective practice in a patient centred way
Working knowledge of MHA 1983.
Knowledge of implementing clinical Policies and Procedures.
Willing to carry out PMVA

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).