Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8878-B
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- ESTEP East
- Town
- Rochford
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse
Band 6
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
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
ESTEP are currently in a position to recruit an experienced mental health nurse for a fixed term contract (up to 9 months) to cover maternity leave.
ESTEP is the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service that covers South East Essex and we are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to become an EIP Care Co-ordinator for a fixed term. We seek someone who has existing community experience, ideally within an EIP setting and who has a passion for working with this client group.
Main duties of the job
Being part of someone's journey towards recovery is extremely powerful and rewarding. For people who have had a psychotic illness we offer a 3-year period of engagement with the team, this means that practitioners can take time to establish relationships and agree plans of care.
There are clear NICE guidelines in terms of a care plan offer and what should be included. Much of the first few months are about getting to know the person you are working with to develop trust and a shared understanding about what a person is experiencing and why.
The skills required to be an effective EIP practitioner are: to adapt your working approach to establish relationships with those people you work with, to balance clinical activity with good standards of record keeping on the electronic record, to be able to provide psychoeducation around psychosis, to be able to use assessment tools , to be able to engage with friends/families/carers, to be able to contribute to an MDT setting, to be able to engage in supervision and training, to have a good understanding of medication and the benefits of these, to have an understanding of CBT and the evidence that surrounds this to aid peoples recovery from psychosis. To be effective and skilled in assessing and managing risks, to be skilled in care planning.
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 manage own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
To use evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess needs and to plan, implement and evaluate health and social care interventions
To create and continually update person-centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships with your clients.
To assess risk and design personalised risk management plans
To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of MDT services, holding personal responsibility for defined projects and areas of responsibility.
To mentor and supervise students on practice placements
To carry out MDT activities e.g. coordinating meetings and undertaking duty responsibilities
To identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.
To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented
To monitor physical health and promote physical wellbeing
To support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carer's needs are identified and responded to.
To provide profession-specific interventions for the wider team as required and in line with NICE guidelines
To participate in team training and mandatory training and ongoing professional development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed preceptorship
Desirable criteria
- Post-registration community mental health experience
EIP expereince
Desirable criteria
- previous experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous community/care co- ordination experience
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
- Richard Weidner
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702 538022
- Additional information
Kelly Medlin 01702 538022
kelly. [email protected]
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