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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). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
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
Job overview
As part of our Community Transformation programme, we have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our established Multidisciplinary team. The aim of the service is to provide recovery-focused treatment and support via personalised care plans for individuals who are presenting with a range of mental health disorders: supporting them from diagnosis to recovery, to enable them to lead the lives they wish to live. You will work with a Multidisciplinary Team: a spectrum of clinical professionals, which includes Nurses, Psychologists, Support Time Recovery workers, etc.
We are looking for a positive team player who has a special interest in working compassionately with individuals and their wider support networks.
Main duties of the job
1. Undertake comprehensive assessments: formulating personalised care plans which reflect the needs of the service user, their family and wider support networks.
2. Conduct risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service users environment.
3. Provide and oversee the management and care of service users.
4. Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of records on all service users in line with your professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy.
5. Act as a Care Co-ordinator/Lead Practitioner.
6. Provide education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids to compliance.
7. Provide education and support to develop service users understanding of mental illness and training packages for staff.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Professional registration.
* Minimum of 12 months Band 5 experience.
* Valid UK driving licence.
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of post qualification training.
* Evidence of previous community exposure.
* Own car for work purposes.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services.
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