Joining #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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Are you looking for Autonomy, Pace, Variety and Impact.
No two days are the same in NELFT Urgent Care. You’ll hit the ground running, make confident clinical decisions, and see patients through their entire urgent care journey.
NELFT is looking for experienced Urgent Care Practitioners (Band 7) to join our busy Urgent Treatment Centres across four sites. This is an exciting opportunity for autonomous clinicians who thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working at the top of their scope of practice.
You will play a vital role in delivering autonomous clinical practice and leadership within NELFT’s Urgent Care services, supporting a diverse population across multiple sites, and managing presentations ranging from minor to more complex urgent care cases, with access to radiology, follow-up clinics, and established community pathways.
Our UTCs operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and we offer flexible shift patterns across days, nights and weekends to support work–life balance.
Main duties of the job
About You
You will :
1. be a Registered General Nurse / AHP with evidence of autonomous practice in Minor Illnesses and Minor Injuries and relevant post registration qualifications.
2. Have completed Minor Injuries and Minor Illness modules
3. Have the ability to support and manage patients of all ages including assessment diagnosing, treatment and discharge in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness
4. Have A&E/ Urgent Care experience
Our Urgent Treatment Centres operate24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing care when patients need it most. We recognise the importance of work–life balance and offer flexible shift patterns across days, evenings, nights and weekends, with opportunities to work across different sites where appropriate. This flexibility allows you to tailor your working pattern while gaining varied and valuable urgent care experience.
Working for our organisation
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 by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification
for more information about this role and working at North East
London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this
when completing your application.
Welcome Payment
This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary (pro rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments) (subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000) and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed. Payment of the incentive is 50% of the lump sum at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.
Candidates should be aware that welcome payments are subject to a compulsory 2 year employment period within the role.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable
to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility
under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic
salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not
included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Education & Training
Essential criteria
5. Registered General Nurse (1st level) or AHP with the Health & Care Professional Council
6. At least one of the following: Appropriate RSCN, RMN, RM, A/E qualification, Nurse practitioner qualification, Diploma or equivalent experience.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
8. Accredited minor injuries course
9. Accredited minor illness course
Desirable criteria
10. Independent prescribing
11. Physical assessment course or equivalent
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. An awareness of CQC and clinical governance priorities
13. Ability to support and manage a case-load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation, including providing health promotion and education to patients and carers
14. Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research based clinical nursing care including developing and implementing policies and protocols
15. Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
16. Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies
17. Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work
18. Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and to motivate a team
19. Ability to provide clinical training and education to the Urgent Care team
20. Professional knowledge acquired through Degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training experience to Masters equivalent
21. Knowledge of local community and understanding of a multi-cultural, racially diverse population
22. Knowledge of current professional issues relating to speciality
23. Understanding of patient confidentiality
24. Understanding of equal opportunities
Experience
Essential criteria
25. Previous experience in a Band 6 post or equivalent to apply for Band 7 post working as an autonomous Practitioner at least 2 years.
26. Demonstrate recent clinical management such as previous team leader or clinical tutor
27. Demonstrate recent experience of working in an ED setting with evidence of physical assessment and diagnostic skills
28. Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role • suturing / wound closure
Desirable criteria
29. Willingness to undertake patient group directions or non-medical prescribing
Skills
Essential criteria
30. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
31. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
32. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
33. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
34. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.