Staff Nurse - RGN

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate. THIS POST INCLUDES A 10% WELCOME PAYMENT INCENTIVE. Our community hospitals aim to provide safe, effective, high quality care by working closely with patients, relatives and carers. We offer the highest levels of rehabilitation in order to improve and maintain each patient's independence with a view to enabling a successful return to home life or agreed alternative accommodation. We are seeking a motivated and forward thinking registered qualified nurse to enhance the quality of care on our rehabilitation wards. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of our vibrant multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for full time and part time employees. The successful candidate will support with supervision of junior staff and contribute to the delivery of the highest standards of care. NELFT operates a flexible working policy which offers a variety of shift patterns, including long and short shifts, and we would welcome applications for both part time and full time employees. North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) is one of the largest NHS trusts of its kind in the country. Providing mental health and community services across north east London and south west 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 300 million, we provide care and treatment for a population of almost 1.5 million people in their own homes, in health centres and in hospital. We employ around 5,500 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. NELFT recognises its responsibility to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to 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. We are the leading provider of Community Health Services in Waltham Forest and Havering Integrated Community Care Service part of the family of North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT). Our community hospitals aim to provide safe, effective, high quality care by working closely with patients, relatives and carers. We offer the highest levels of rehabilitation in order to improve and maintain each patient's independence with a view to enabling a successful return to home life or agreed alternative accommodation. 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). At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks. This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of 3,784 to a maximum of 4,822) PLUS 10% INCENTIVE PAYMENT For further details / informal visits contact: For further information please contact: Nashreen Seebundhun, Modern Matron. Tel: 07506 421284 Employment Type: FULL_TIME