Our staffing solutions service offers one of the most flexible ways to work within the NHS. We recruit high quality temporary staff to work across a variety of services in a wide range of specialities. We also offer additional and flexible working to existing employees and people who want to work on a temporary basis.

If you are interested in our bank opportunities you can apply through NHS Jobs website or email staffingsolutionsteam@cntw.nhs.uk

 

Roles may be available in the following areas:

  • Inpatient and community mental health
  • Children and young people’s services
  • Forensic
  • Learning disabilities
  • Neurological services

Registered Nurses include: RNLD, RNMH and RGNs

I retired 6 years ago – it’s the freedom to do a job I love! I enjoy the flexibility of working on the bank. 

Claire, Support Worker

AHPs cover a variety of roles which include: Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Dietitian and Speech and Language Therapist and support staff.

You may be required to work in the following areas:

  • Inpatient and community mental health
  • Children and young people’s services
  • Forensic
  • Learning disabilities
  • Neurological services

The administration and clerical service cover a variety of roles which include:

  • Ward clerks
  • Receptionists
  • Admin assistants
  • Team secretaries
  • Admin officers

You may be required to work in the following areas:

  • Inpatient and community mental health
  • Children and young people’s services
  • Forensic
  • Learning disabilities
  • Neurological services

Psychological services covers a variety of roles including:

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Higher Assistant Psychologist
  • Assistant Psychologist


You may be required to work in the following:

  • Inpatient and community mental health
  • Children and young people’s services
  • Forensic
  • Learning disabilities
  • Neurological services

Benefits as a bank member

As a bank member you will have access to a range of benefits including:

  • Career development and training opportunities – try new pathways/services
  • Flexibility and choice – choose when and where you’d like to work
  • Access to Vivup self-help and online resources
  • Dedicated support from staff wellbeing helpline, chaplaincy and cultural ambassadors
  • NHS Discounts 
  • Staff Excellence Annual Awards
  • Access to Thrive, our staff health and wellbeing website
  • Bank worker support sessions

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

When the shift is completed the unit manager or nominated deputy will confirm the hours worked and finalise the shift on the electronic system. The shift is then authorised for payment and will be transferred to payroll at the next run. Your basic hourly rate of pay will be dependent on the band required for the shift and the time of the assignment and will be in accordance with the Trust’s pay rates.

You will be paid for any assignment done in the calendar month immediately following the month in which the assignment was undertaken. You will be paid by direct credit to a bank account nominated by you on the 28th of each month. Where the 28th falls on a weekend or bank holiday, payment will be made on the immediately preceding banking business day.

Your pro rata holiday is 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave per annum including bank holidays. Payment for this is calculated on days worked and paid quarterly in February, May, August and November.

Under NHS Employer Check standards, the Trust has to ensure that all Nurse Bank Workers have an annual enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Services check, in order to continue working on the Bank.

When a new member of staff joins the Bank, a DBS check will be completed as part of the Recruitment checks. At this point, we expect our staff to sign up to the DBS Update Service. There is a £13 annual charge to sign up for this service. But by doing this, your DBS will be checked yearly and kept up to date, without the need to submit a new DBS each time and have fresh ID verification checks completed.

Our emphasis is on having a working bank. The trust provides considerable resource to the Staffing Solutions service, which is not best served by maintaining records for people who are not engaging in work. For that reason, we have a minimum shift expectation of 1 shift every 3 months. The Staffing Solutions team conduct monthly checks, to see if any workers have not met this criteria. If they have not, a letter will be issued to the worker advising that we intend to remove them from the Bank. The worker would then have 2 weeks to reply and advise of any extenuating circumstances they want to be taken into consideration.

Please let the Team know if you think you will struggle to meet the required shift levels. If there is a suitable reason for not being able to work, we will exclude you from any upcoming monthly checks, for an agreed period of time.

Bank workers should contact the Staffing Solutions Team to advise of any sick leave. We will then ensure the relevant systems are updated for payroll. It is important to contact us once your sick leave ends, so we can make the necessary updates to our records.

Bank workers are not entitled to Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) but may qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). SSP entitlement is based on any eligible earnings in the previous 13 weeks, with each case calculated individually by our payroll team.

There is information on Gov.uk regarding any potential entitlement should you wish to look into this yourself for further information: Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): Eligibility – GOV.UK