Website https://twitter.com/NELFT North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)

Min 2 Years Experience • Academic IELTS/OET Certificate required

If you want live and work in one of the world’s most dynamic cities, we have some exciting news! We are now accepting applications from Registered Nurses with experience in Mental Health or Learning Disability Care to join North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).

NELFT provides an extensive range of integrated community and mental health services for people living in the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and community health services for people living in the south west Essex areas of Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock. They provide an Emotional Wellbeing Mental Health Service for children and young people across the whole of Essex. They are the provider of all age eating disorder services and child and adolescent mental health services across Kent and Medway.

Being part of the NELFT team means that you would benefit from salary supplements or High Cost Area Supplements (HCAS) which are paid to NHS nurses working in inner and outer London and the fringe zones. For more information about HCAS click here.

Apply now and join a world-class team of compassionate, motivated nurses working throughout the UK’s capital city – and boost both your career and social life at the same time!

Formal training:

Upon arrival in the UK, you will undertake a comprehensive OSCE training course as part of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration process, culminating in an exam. It is essential that you pass the exam (you will have a maximum of 3 attempts) in order to qualify as an NME-registered nurse. Once this has happened, you will attend the standard NHS induction course and, following this, be given further support and mentoring within your ward or area of specialty.

Informal training:

At NEU Professionals, we don’t just match you with a job; we support you before, during and after the recruitment process, helping with everything from interview preparation to adapting to a new country. This approach and the extraordinary 100% retention rates it results in – are what make us unique!

INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY BUT DON’T HAVE YOUR ENGLISH CERTFICATE YET? NO PROBLEM!

If you are a Registered Nurse with experience in Mental Health/Psychiatric or Learning Disability care you are not currently required to pass your English Language exam for us to accept your initial application with NELFT. You will however need to prove that you have a current English Language level of B2 and you will be offered free support from NEU Professionals in the shape of free webinars or courses with our English Training Specialists Jacqueline Mahugu and Angelique West. You can check your current English level using the free EnglishScore app.

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Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent degree from an accredited university or nursing school leading to registration with your local nursing council
  • 2 years minimum post-graduate working experience (academic internships not considered)
  • Proof of English language proficiency in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s requirements.
  • NMC test of competence in Learning Disability (RNLD) – Computer Based Test (CBT)

Relocation Package and Offer

  • Salary Band 5 pay scale from £28,407 per annum (Pre OSCE salary: £24,336) - Click Here to learn more NHS Agenda for change - pay rates
  • English language exam fee – Sponsored in Advance
  • CBT exam fee (£83) – Reimbursed on Arrival
  • OSCE exam fee (£794) – Sponsored in Advance
  • NMC application fee (£153) – Reimbursed on Arrival
  • Certificate of Sponsorship and Immigration Skills Charge (not IHS) (£3,199) – Paid in Advance
  • Skilled Worker Visa fee for the candidate only – Sponsored in Advance
  • 2 months of free accommodation
  • Inbound flight to the UK of max. value of £800 (costs over and above this amount to be met by the candidate)
  • £500 cash advance in salary - Sponsored in Advance
  • Enhancements for “unsocial” working hours, nights and Saturdays +30%, Sundays and Public (Bank) Holidays +60%
  • Mixed shift pattern days, nights and weekends, 37.5h per week, 3 x 12.5h shifts
  • Permanent, full time positions + overtime and additional shifts available
  • 27 days of paid holidays + 8 public holidays
  • Excellent professional development opportunities
  • Enhanced NHS Pension scheme, excellent maternity and paternity leave packages, discounts in local shops, restaurants and more

NEU Professionals and Ethical Recruitment

NEU Professionals are regulated by NHS Employers and their Code of Practice for International Recruitment, which states that some developing countries should not be targeted when actively recruiting healthcare professionals. Therefore we are not able to accept or process applications from any of the countries listed on the following link: https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/code-practice-red-and-amber-list-countries

To apply for this job email your details to apply@neuprofessionals.com.