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Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require. It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.
Job Overview
Are you a student nurse graduating in January 2024? Come and start your career with us at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust.
We’re looking for compassionate, motivated nurses to join our teams across Norfolk and Suffolk. We have opportunities in a variety of our services so we’d love to hear from those soon to be graduating to discuss what a career with our Trust could look like…
There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our teams; we can offer both full and part time hours, as well as the potential to rotate around services if this is something that interests you. We understand everyone has commitments outside of work, so welcome conversations around flexible working options too.
We understand that to attract the best people, we also need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential, that’s why we’re investing in our education and training provision to ensure we can offer you an environment in which you’ll thrive.
If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people’s lives then we would love to hear from you.
If you’re a newly qualified nurse with experience or an interest in mental health and are looking to start your career in a setting that will support a robust induction, preceptorship, coaching and continued professional development- apply today!
Main Duties of the Job
When you join us, you can expect to be supported by a proactive team. Our multi-disciplinary teams come from a variety of different backgrounds and settings, so bring with them a diverse range of skills and experience that you can learn from.
We’re passionate about development and you’ll be supported to continue to train and develop to progress in your career with us.
We’re looking for dedicated, enthusiastic nurses who are going to be our future leaders, shaping our services and the way we care for our service users, their families and carers in the years to come…
We welcome candidates to come and have informal discussion with our clinical leaders, to determine what opportunities that will suit you.
Working for our Organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training
Experience
Desirable Criteria
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
Skills
Essential Criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
Equal Opportunities
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
