Senior Practitioner

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 2 other teams 
which form the Urgent Care Pathway – Hospital Liaison and Home First - to respond to 
urgent and emergency mental health crisis. Assessments can be completed within the 
community and ability to drive is essential. The Team have use of a lease car. 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 co-ordination 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.

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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 2 other teams 
which form the Urgent Care Pathway – Hospital Liaison and Home First - to respond to 
urgent and emergency mental health crisis. Assessments can be completed within the 
community and ability to drive is essential. The Team have use of a lease car. 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 co-ordination 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.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares 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

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.