Main area child and adolescent inpatient mental health services
Grade Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 364-A-8870
Site longview ward, St Aubyn Centre
Town Colchester
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/04/2025 23:59
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen in EPUT and we are in the position to appoint a Ward Manager for Longview Ward, our Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services based at The St Aubyn Centre, Colchester.
The successful candidate will be a competent practitioner with a proven record of leadership skills as a senior nurse and able to take responsibility for the overseeing of assessments of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for young people with complex mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
* Communicate effectively, both written and verbally;
* Demonstrate compassion, understanding, commitment, enthusiasm and above all be highly motivated.
* The candidate will have a high level knowledge of CQC requirements and have a philosophy of the 6 C’s of care.
* Active participation will be required in the training and education of learners allocated to the Mental Health Service.
* The successful candidate will deliver the highest quality care for patients with acute mental health issues; with a positive attitude and a commitment to maintain EPUT’s excellent customer care.
* We are looking for people who can bring commitment, innovation, and determination to take forward our service in new and innovative ways; in return we offer training and development of staff, support through regular supervision and appraisal to assist you in setting realistic objectives.
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. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ROLE SUMMARY
* To facilitate mental health service provision in line with the identified needs of users and purchasers of the service, within current research and legislation and within the Trust’s Strategic direction.
* You will work with the Area Chief Nurse to ensure that the nursing service is contemporary, evidence based and in line with practice standards, providing day-to-day nursing, clinical leadership, evaluation and monitoring of the service.
* You will also have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality.
* To contribute to the development and implementation of Trust and Government directives within the locality.
* To deliver high quality nursing care and treatment within the clinical setting to service users and their carers.
* To work in close co-operation with other mental health professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations and community networks.
* The identification, assessment of levels and actions or treatment plans of risks and progress reports to be prepared for clinical reviews.
* To identify, assess and manage clinical and non clinical risks/hazards in your area through the completion of the relevant risk assessments and the implementation of risk treatment plans for inclusion in the local and Trust’s risk registers through the Risk Management Department.
* In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and as required in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
Person specification
* Holds professional registration
* Experience in CAMHS
* Knowledge of mental health act
* Worked at band 6 or above
* Experience of working in CAMHS
* Experience of children’s act
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process.
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.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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