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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

Open

Ref: 364-A-8562 Vacancy ID: 6877360

Senior Community Nurse - Harlow

Accepting applications until: 31-Dec-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 31-Dec-2024 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Harlow
Cyfeiriad: Latton Bush Centre
Tref: Harlow
Cod post: CM18 7BL
Major / Minor Region: Essex

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)

Salary

Cyflog: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, plus 5% HCA
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 6)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Mental Health

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.

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The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills through working alongside our well established MDT and accessing specialist training.

The West Essex area is a culturally diverse locality covering the beautiful Essex locality, the area covers both urban and rural geography.

The post attracts a London fringe payment for staff based at Epping/ Harlow

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Please see the attached job description for more details

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. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

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Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN Part 3
Mentorship preparation
Evidence of continual professional development
Meet the requirements for revalidation as set out by the NMC
High standard of education

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Post graduate qualification or commitment to work towards this
Non-medical prescribing qualification

Knowledge

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Understanding of / and the ability to conduct assessments and review of care in line with the requirements of the mental health care clusters
Understanding and the ability to support the team to meet their key performance indicators and contractual targets
Experience in the performance management and supervision of lower banded staff
Excellent IT skills i.e. Word / Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Experience of using an electronic information system
Experience of and participation in audit and research
Knowledge and understanding of health legislation, principles of CPA and Care Management, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act 1983 and safeguarding, the NHS Constitution, and risk assessment / management
Knowledge of current best practice and models within nursing practice in mental health
The ability to devise comprehensive care plans that incorporate effective, individualised and evidenced based therapy interventions
Understanding of the nature of mental health conditions and how they can affect people’s day to day life and impact upon recovery
Commitment to ongoing learning through CPD for self and others within operational area

Skills/Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Literate in IT/Computer Skills
Proven experience of working in a health, social care or community setting as part of a multi- disciplinary team
Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive information
Proven experience of working with people with mental health conditions and vulnerable service users
Proven experience of conducting and contributing to ongoing assessments
Ability to conduct risk assessments of the individual in the service user environment
Proven experience of medicines management in line with NMC Standards and Trust policies and procedures
Experience in providing psycho- social interventions
Demonstrate an understanding of the recovery principles
Ability to manage and coordinate mulit-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business / handover
Ability to work with Clinical Manager in the development and implementation of operational / Trust policies
Deliver training to colleagues and lower banded staff
Ability to critically analyse and review research findings and reports
Assess and treat own caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways
Undertake physical health checks of services users and act on the findings appropriately
Undertake a range of clinical duties e.g. providing practical support and guidance to service users
Demonstrate an understanding of the Trust Core Values
Understand the need for compassion in working with colleagues, servicer users and families
Support families and carers within the boundaries of their role and NMC professional code of conduct
Capable of working under pressure and meet deadlines where required
Act as key worker to a group of service users
Take on the role of lead practitioner
Self-motivated with a desire to contribute to the ongoing service development
Participate in service reviews and research
Able to demonstrate a level of flexibility, innovation and creativity in the working environment
Ability to engage and motivate people
Ability to organise individual and group activities / work skills
Experience in risk assessment of service user activity
Plan and prioritise own and team workload as required
Ability to work effectively and flexibly as a senior practitioner in the multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrate the ability to lead, facilitate and support group work i.e. anger management, psycho education and hearing voices
Mentorship and supervision of lower banded staff
Promoting concordance with medication and treatment regimes in line with NMC regulations and Trust policy
Requirement to undertake carers assessments
Undertake, supervise and sign off nursing needs assessments
Lead and facilitate group work
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, telephone manner including liaison with outside agencies
Record all service user related information on Trust electronic records system
Lead/chair professionals meetings and reviews
Ability to report back at professional meetings / reviews on an individual / groups performance
Produce reports for managers appeal / renewal hearings and mental health review tribunals
Supervise the work of nursing students and support workers
Excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
Ability to adapt to change when required
Carry out / contribute to SI and other Trust investigations as required