North London NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 24 March 2026

Job summary

Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovativetransformation. North London Foundation Trust are at the forefront of thistransformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocialapproach to supporting people with mental illnesses, in partnership with primarycare, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to buildsupport systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus onprevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Eachpopulation unit is based on the footprint of Primary Care Networks, bringing togetherNHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. Theserelationships will be central to the new community mental health model.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

  1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
  2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
  3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

  • We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
  • We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
  • NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details

Date posted

11 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

455-NLFT-0697

Job locations

Peckwater Centre

6 Peckwater St

London

NW5 2UP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • NMC

Desirable

  • NMC
  • Experience in MH
  • Project work
  • Years experience

project work

Essential

  • achieved

service improvement

Essential

  • achieved

Desirable

  • NMC
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • NMC

Desirable

  • NMC
  • Experience in MH
  • Project work
  • Years experience

project work

Essential

  • achieved

service improvement

Essential

  • achieved

Desirable

  • NMC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peckwater Centre

6 Peckwater St

London

NW5 2UP


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peckwater Centre

6 Peckwater St

London

NW5 2UP


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Chloe Harrison

c.harrison53@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

11 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

455-NLFT-0697

Job locations

Peckwater Centre

6 Peckwater St

London

NW5 2UP


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