East London NHS Foundation Trust

About Us

We care | We respect | We are inclusive Originally formed in 2000, ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental health care, innovation and improvement. Our ambition is to make a positive difference by providing people with mental and community health care services that support their recovery. And help them to achieve the most fulfilling lives possible. Everything we do is driven by our values of care, respect and inclusivity. Our patients’ needs matter most and we are constantly working to improve our support for all who use and have contact with our services. Our extensive research approach, commitment to education and emphasis on quality means we are at the forefront of excellence in mental health care.

What it’s like to work for us?

We are an award winning organisation recently named as the best place to work in mental health and learning disabilities services in the 2015 Health Service Journal and NHS Employers awards.

Making the Trust an excellent place to work is important to us and one of our key priorities. For this the Trust is doing a lot to improve the working lives of staff such as making flexible working hours available to those people who have younger children and/or who are carers.The Trust offers flexible working hours for staff with younger children or staff who are carers.

The type of jobs we recruit for?

We have vacancies in the following sectors:

Nursing & Midwifery
Staff Nurse Band 5
Social Therapist, Healthcare Assistant Band 2-4 Clinical Practice Lead Band 6

Administrative Services
Administrators Band 3,4 and 5
Project Manager Band 8a
Research Assistant Band 6

Allied Health Professionals
Sports Therapist Band 5
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 7 Occupational Therapist Band 6

Health Science Services
Clinical Pharmacist Band 6