Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-9041
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- ECT Clinic, The Linden Centre
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading
ECT Staff 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
The Senior Staff Nurse under the supervision of the Clinical Lead is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes. He/she is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and may be required to demonstrate procedures and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be designated to take charge on a regular basis of the ECT clinic as required, and will also fulfil the role of primary nurse to a group of patients. and assist in the delivery of ECT. The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care and is designated to take charge regularly of the ECT suite in the absence of the person with continuing responsibility. The post holder is expected to supervise and be able to teach unqualified staff, including basic and post basic learners.
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
To provide effective individual nursing care under the supervision of Clinical Lead for an allocated group of patients by:
- Assist in the management of the ECT Clinic and develop individual treatment plans.
- Provide and oversee the management and care of service users.
- Assessing with the patients their physical, psychological and social problems and need for nursing assistance.
- Preparing and updating the nursing care plans including treatment delegated by medical staff.
- Integrating the care and treatments for other disciplines into the care plans.
- Giving skilled nursing care and treatments.
- Planning the involvement of the patient’s relatives, teaching and supervising nursing techniques in preparation for the transfer home.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN experience of clinical mental and general health care
Desirable criteria
- ECT ECTAS nurse foundation training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role of the Support Worker
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates an awareness of clinical care management of patients undergoing intravenous infusion, anesthesia, & ECT treatment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Doreen Mhone
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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