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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

About

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (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).

Since then, EPUT has grown from strength to strength, providing many community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Luton and Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.

We are a large employer in the East of England with more than 5,500 staff working across more than 200 sites. We also provide services in people’s home and community settings.

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

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.

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory

Contact

Address: Trust Head Office; The Lodge; The Chase; Wickford; Essex; SS11 7XX
Contact Number: 01375 364513

Find out more

Jobs Website

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Ref: 364-A-4747-E Vacancy ID: 5263089

Community Specialist Health Nurse

Closed for applications on: 22-May-2023 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 22-May-2023 00:01

Location

Site: Thurrock
Address: John Tallack Centre, Thurrock Community Hospital
Town: Grays
Postcode: RM16 2PX
Major / Minor Region: Essex

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £33,706 - £40,588 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Learning Disabilities

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. Also:

We are among the largest employers in the 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 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 Learn
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

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work collaboratively with local commissioners in order to achieve the outcomes required in the local Place Plans and to embed best practice in supporting adults with a learning disability as outlined in current national policy and legislation.

The post holder will provide a holistic approach to service user assessment, treatment, review and management of packages of care. Utilising resources effectively within the service area.

The post holder will undertake a range of comprehensive and evidence based clinical risk assessments and associated care plans that are relevant to the service users care needs.

The post holder will review and communicate service users risk assessments and management care plans in accordance with trust policy ensuring meaningful service user, carer and MDT involvement throughout the process

The post holder with form effective working relationships with other professionals within the service area, service users, carers and any other internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring equal access to mainstream services for people with learning disabilities.

The post holder will provide clinical advice for service users who present with challenging behaviour and mental health disorder that promotes and facilitates the positive health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities. Including direct work with service users, carers, colleagues and other service providers.

The post holder will lead specific groups and sessions with clear objectives when necessary.

The post holder will ensure that the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are observed and applied

The post holder will maintain links with inpatient and community staff, GPs, primary and secondary care teams, statutory and voluntary agencies and social services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met effectively and as close to home as possible.

The post holder will co-ordinate and provide specialist education and training regarding learning disability for those people working within local health care/social care/residential care/third sector settings.

The post holder will carry out clinical procedures when required in accordance with trust policy and their own competency

To act as a role model for other staff, ensuring that all work undertaken complies with Trust, local and national guidelines, and adheres to legislation, policies and procedures.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision to junior team members as per trust policy

The post holder will actively promote positive experiences for people with learning disabilities when accessing mainstream healthcare services.

The post holder will provide support to clinicians/carers/families who, in turn, are supporting people with a learning disability.

The post holder will support GP’s with the uptake of Annual Health Checks and promoting the use of Health Action Plans.

To co-ordinate and provide specialist education and training regarding learning disability for those people working within local health care/social care/residential care/third sector settings in accordance with locally agreed Place Plans and in response to LeDeR and STOMP..

To give specialist presentations to other professional groups, community and voluntary groups.

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.

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.

Equal Opportunities Employer

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. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

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.

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. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected].

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.