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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).
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
You will work as a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse with the Crisis Response Team in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic assessments to patients in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader as per NICE guidance. The team works closely with the other teams which form the Urgent Care Pathway - Hospital Liaison and Home First - to respond to urgent and emergency mental health crises. Assessments can be completed within the community and ability to drive is essential. The team also covers the 111 Option 2 telephone contact service and a part of your role will be to take calls from service users contacting this service. As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of the shifts within the Crisis Response Team. You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.
Main Duties of the Job
* Provide comprehensive assessment and care planning in line with the requirements of the Mental Health Care Clusters.
* Produce accurate and timely documentation on all service users in line with your professional code of conduct and Trust policy.
* Triage of referrals received and ensure a timely response and accurate allocation of referrals received according to risks.
* Participate in the planning and ongoing review of service users either awaiting assessment or allocation for continuing care to ensure care provided is effective and safe.
* Provide practical support, advice, signposting and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.
* Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto Paris.
* Carry out risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service user's environment.
* Report and document incidents as required.
* Provide education and support to develop service users understanding of mental illness.
* Be competent in the use of relevant screening and assessment tools.
* Support the induction and ongoing development of newly qualified nursing staff.
* Participate in audit and research.
Person Specification
Relevant Degree or Diploma
* Essential criteria: Achieved Grade.
* Desirable criteria: Achieved Grade.
Experience
* Essential criteria: 2 years post graduate experience.
* Desirable criteria: 1 year post graduate experience.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
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. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19.
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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.
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