Community Mental Health Nurse

Company: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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Community Mental Health Nurse — North East London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated Community Mental Health Nurse to join our team at Church Road Health Centre. This is a permanent, full-time role, offering 37.5 hours per week, with a salary aligned to Band 5, ranging from £32,073 to £39,043. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and looking for a role where your ideas and contributions are valued, we encourage you to consider this opportunity.

About North East London NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) is committed to improving lives through outstanding care. We strive for excellence in everything we do, fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where everyone feels valued. Our work impacts the health and well-being of diverse communities, and we are proud to champion innovation, collaboration, and continuous development.

The Role

This position offers the chance to make a meaningful difference by providing holistic healthcare to patients in their own homes, residential care settings, and nurse-led clinics. You will work as part of an integrated community healthcare team, delivering individualised care and collaborating closely with GPs, other professionals, and both statutory and voluntary agencies.

  • Provide high-quality, evidence-based care within your professional competence.
  • Support patients and their families/carers with treatment, advice, and education tailored to their needs.
  • Work across professional and organisational boundaries to ensure coordinated care delivery.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse qualification (Part 1).
  • Demonstrated commitment to delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care.
  • Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and across organisational boundaries.

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a team that values your ideas and contributions, offering a supportive environment for professional growth.
  • Enjoy a transparent and competitive salary in line with NHS Band 5 pay scales.
  • Work for an organisation committed to inclusion, progression, and delivering meaningful impact in the community.

Working for Us

Working for UsJoining #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 and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 – 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.They are:

  • We are kind.
  • We are respectful.
  • We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care bythe best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters beingproperly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starterswill join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and willundertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks whichwill include mandatory training, systems training and theallocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters willhave the opportunity to also meet the executive team, seniormanagers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing onengagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. Theinduction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

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High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unableto offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibilityunder the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basicsalary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is notincluded to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

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Posted: October 21st, 2026