Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care 24 hour Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working 11.5 hour shift pattern across a 24 hour period (including unsocial hours))
- Job ref
- 364-A-7748-A
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basildon Mental Health Unit
- Town
- Basildon
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, plus HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner - 24 hr Urgent Care Pathway
NHS AfC: 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen and we are in the position to recruit Mental Health Practitioners to work within the fast pace Crisis Response Service (CRS) offering a community response to those experiencing a mental health crisis. This is a 12 months developmental post for suitably experienced Band 5 applicants seeking to progress to a Band 6 role within a 12 months’ period.
Main duties of the job
You will work under supervision of a Senior Mental Health Clinician with further support from the Clinical Team Lead. Your performance will be assessed regularly with performance reviews at the end of each quarter. You will be assessed prior to your progression to the Band 6 pay band to ensure that you:
Can prove your competency to work at the higher specialist level. Have achieved the necessary specialist knowledge to undertake your role and responsibilities as a Band 6 clinician.
On reaching the required level of specialist knowledge and experience and following a successful assessment against the specified criteria, automatic pay progression will be applied.
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
You will work as a member of the MDT in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to patients in line with your professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate NICE Guidance packages of care based upon individual patient needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader.
As a Telecoach, you will provide clinical risk and mental state assessment, formulation and brief psychological interventions for people presenting in mental health crisis. Working mainly via telephone, Telecoaches are experts in validating, de-escalating crisis, and coaching people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies. By using a range of brief psychological interventions, Telecoaches empower patients, carers and families to manage distress and crisis effectively.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Nursing (RMN) Current NMC Registration
- At least one year post qualification experience in a clinical setting and should have completed preceptorship.
- High standard of education
- Good written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification or commitment to work towards this
- Qualified psychological therapist
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working in a health, social care or community setting as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Proven experience of working with people with mental health conditions and vulnerable service users
- Ability to conduct risk assessments of the individual in the service user environment
- Evidence based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
Desirable criteria
- Able to deliver from a range of possible key therapeutic interventions CBT, Psychosocial interventions, Family Interventions, DBT approaches
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English language
- Deliver training to colleagues and lower banded staff
- Assess and treat own caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways
- Undertake a range of clinical duties e.g. providing practical support and guidance to service users
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
- Tendai Madare
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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