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Job summary

Main area
Older Adult Community Mental Health Services
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
364-A-6874-D
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Brentwood Resource Centre
Town
Brentwood
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Mental Health Nurse

Band 5

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Job overview

EPUT offer a fantastic relocation package of up to £8,000. Covering a number of expenditures for new recruits relocating from 30 miles or more from their new work base at EPUT.

Following a redesign of services, we are in an exciting position to be able to recruit a Community Mental Health Nurse for our Older Adult Services in the Basildon & Brentwood locality - primarily your caseload would be working within Brentwood.  This is a supportive, well-resourced team with Support Worker, Physical Health Practitioner, Qualified Nursing and Medical input.  The team has a friendly atmosphere and strong work ethic.   This post qualifies for HCAS ‘Fringe’.

 We are seeking a Mental Health Nurse who is looking to be part of future healthcare and integrated working for the older adult population and supporting them to live independently.

Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of a team and responsible for a caseload of individuals, providing person-centred and evidence-based intervention whilst ensuring quality interventions and high standards of documentation, you will need knowledge of physical health and the impact on mental health. You will need to be motivated, caring, compassionate and able to promote positive change to the people under your

The service works collaboratively with key partner organisations, patients, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services. You will need excellent communication skills and you will need to be able to work closely with families and carers as a routine part of care.

You will work as a member of the nursing team in providing high quality, evidence- based, holistic nursing care to patients in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Team Manager/Clinical Lead. You will also undertake and maintain service users’ Self Directed Support

As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day supervision of lower banded staff within your professional group and team.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Core Clinical Function

  • Provide management and care of service users.
  • To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to prevent inappropriate A&E attendances and Acute Hospital admissions
  • To provide advice and decisions to other service members and partner agencies in relation to crisis situations, conditions and treatment plans, based on medical history and knowledge
  • Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust
  • Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatment
  • Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines
  • Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto system one.
  • Carry out risk assessments including any potential hazards in the service users
  • Attend multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business.
  • Report and document incidents as required
  • Conduct physical health care checks of service users and act upon results
  • Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation and ongoing assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback
  • Deliver smoking cessation

Core Non-Clinical Function

  • Ensure the service meets the agreed performance / contractual targets and adheres to local and government
  • Deliver training where appropriate for colleagues and other professionals
  • Take part in service development and review

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship Preparation

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of health legislation, principles of CPA and Care Management, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act 1983 and safeguarding, the NHS Constitution, and risk assessment/management
Desirable criteria
  • Working knowledge of the Mobius/Systm One Clinical Information Systems

Skills/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good oral communication skills based on fluency of the English Language

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Essex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Darlene Erbynn
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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