Employer: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Knightswick Clinic
Town: Canvey Island
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
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.
* We are among the largest employers 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).
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 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.
Job overview
Due to retirement, we currently have a vacancy for a Band 6 nurse, OT or Social Worker who is able to join the Intensive Outreach Team covering South East Essex. You will manage a small caseload of service users who often present with an increased complexity in relation to their needs and support requirements. Though challenging at times, it can be an incredibly rewarding client group to work with, and the team itself is very experienced and supportive.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and passionate mental health practitioner (OT, social workers and nurses welcome to apply). The post-holder will work with service users with severe and enduring long-term mental health problems across a range of diagnoses and co-existing needs. They will undertake co-produced, personalised support and care planning with service users where goals and interventions are based on empowerment and each individual’s strengths and assets.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care for service users who are referred to the Intensive Outreach Team, including the assessment and management of risk.
* To be responsible for a caseload of patients as the named key worker/care coordinator/lead clinician (or other equivalent title).
* To work alongside the service user in meeting the practical needs of everyday life in a collaborative manner.
* To work within a psychosocial/family centred framework when assessing and planning individual packages of care.
* To be responsible for organising and planning an active clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
* To undertake evaluation of clinical symptoms and disabilities, advising appropriate medical staff of any changes requiring psychiatric evaluation and/or intervention.
* To undertake the role of CPA co-ordinator for a case load of service users with complex mental health problems.
* To develop therapeutic relationships with service users in order to provide support and assistance.
* To participate in mental health promotion/education and give advice as necessary to clients and their carers.
* To administer and monitor the effects and adverse effects of prescribed medication.
* To ensure the Intensive Outreach Team promotes a positive view of mental health.
* To provide formal clinical supervision to students and other staff within the team.
* To take part in the team duty rota (if applicable).
* To possess enhanced communication skills to communicate with service users and carers.
* To undertake the role of Lead Clinician for people who are detained under a Community Treatment Order.
* To complete formal tribunal/hospital manager’s reports for people detained under a section or a Community treatment Order.
* To provide cover for line manager in their absence.
* To ensure the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.
* To maintain a good public image of the community mental health services.
* To be responsible for the maintenance and accurate patient records on relevant patient information systems.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
* Evidence of appropriate CPD post qualifications.
Knowledge & Experience
* Extensive experience in care coordinating people in a community mental health setting.
* Experience working in the community under an AOT model.
Please note: staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
Important Professional References: Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references covering your last three year employment history.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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