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 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.
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.
Our services
* Mental Health Services
* Community Health Services
* Learning Disabilities Services
* Social Care
Job overview
The Trust is a large employer in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites. We also provide services in people’s homes and in community settings.
Robin Pinto is a male 18 bedded low secure unit in Luton, located close to the M1 and next to the Luton and Dunstable hospital. The unit offers a specialist service for the assessment and treatment of men with Mental Illness who have offended, or exhibit offending behaviour. The unit provides a suite of therapeutic interventions aimed at helping its clients to recover and adjust to their current situation. This therapeutic interventions are administered by nurses, doctors, social workers, occupational therapist, psychological staff and other allied professionals, and as such there is a need for a ward administrator/receptionist to help us meet the patients’ needs.
Main duties of the job
* To work independently and accountably as part of a team of clinicians offering 24 hr mental health access and information in the locality of the Trust.
* To act as a role model to Health Care Assistants, supervising to ensure high quality care is given.
* Work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.
* To deliver a high quality and effective operational service to patients with complex needs, in accordance with the principles and objective of the Trust and its vision as identified in the service.
* To work collaboratively with others within the new organization to provide an exemplary level of care to service users and their carers.
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
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
CLINICAL
* To be responsible along with other nursing staff for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all care aspects of individual patient’s care.
* Attending to the physical and psychological needs of the patients under the care of the nursing team.
* Act as key worker and co-worker for a designated group of clients.
* Delivery effective individualised care by supervising staff in the assessment of patient’s condition.
* Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients, relatives and carers.
* Ensure effective and confidential communication, at all times maintaining strict confidentiality with regard to any information concerning patients and colleagues.
* Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of carers of patients with mental health problems.
* To fully comply with the requirements of the NMC and upkeep of registration.
* Be aware of the Mental Health Act 1983 and be aware of clients detained under section of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the clinical area.
* Supervise the formulation of plans for the patient’s discharge and transfer from the clinical areas.
* Observe any changes in a patient’s physical condition or mental state and document in an appropriate manner.
* Assist patients towards self-care and independence.
* Act in a relaxed manner, thereby contributing to the creation and maintenance of a calm and relaxed atmosphere/environment.
* Establish positive professional and appropriate relationships with patients adopting a non-judgemental approach.
* Carry out planning and organisation of the therapeutic and social activities for patients in the clinical area.
* To act as a mentor to student nurses.
* To provide managerial supervision to junior colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Meet requirements for re-validation set by NMC
* Good standard of written English
* High Standard of Education
* Qualification and Experience in the Assessment of Students
Knowledge
* IT Literate
* Knowledge of current best practice and models within nursing practice in mental health
* Knowledge of working with external agencies involved in the care of people with mental illness
* Understanding of Trust Policies and Procedures
* Self-motivated with a desire to contribute to the ongoing service development
* Previous experience working within secure settings
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
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.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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