Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN)
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7817-A
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TSCMHT Reunion house
- Town
- Clacton on Sea
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN)
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
We are looking to appoint a dynamic and suitably experienced Mental Health Nurse, who is flexible and able to work on own initiative, as well as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
To be responsible as the Care Coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within a defined catchment area/locality. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, to act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload of service users and have a number of responsibilities that include assessment and coordination of care needs. Once needs are identified, you will be expected to plan and implement evidence-based care to the service users and their carers. You will have the support and supervision of your Team Lead, and as a Band 6 clinician, you will be expected to act as a supervisor and resource for junior or less experienced staff.
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
Assessing new referrals to the team and ascertaining whether they have care needs that need to be addressed within the service
Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) of a designated caseload
Creating and continually updating person-centred care plans and building therapeutic relationships with your clients.
Continually assess risk and design personalised risk management plans
Facilitate referral to crisis teams or admission to hospital where necessary, plus providing presence and involvement in inpatient care plan and discharge planning.
Administration of long-acting anti-psychotic depot injections in a community setting
Monitoring of medication adherence and any potential side-effects. Organising medical reviews when indicated.
Person specification
person specification
Essential criteria
- Current professional NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in the community as CPN
person specification
Essential criteria
- Ensures that the organisational values of being open, compassionate and empowering are demonstrated in all areas of working life
Desirable criteria
- Experience in applying psychosocial interventions
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
- Elaine Verrinder
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01255 226050
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