Senior Community Mental Health Practitione

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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.

Job overview

We have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join our established First Episode Psychosis Service and developing At Risk Mental State service. The aim of the service is to provide recovery-focused treatment and support via personalised care plans for individuals who are presenting with a First Episode Psychotic disorder: supporting them from diagnosis to recovery, to enable them to lead the lives they wish to live. You will work with a Multidisciplinary Team: a spectrum of clinical professionals that includes Nurses, Psychologists, Support Time Recovery workers, etc.

This position is suitable for either a qualified Nurse or Social Worker and whilst past experience of working with this service user cohort is desirable it is not essential as training will be provided to the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of an established multi-disciplinary team and support future service development. You will attend the weekly Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting to ensure full oversight of service user needs.

You will act as a Care Co-ordinator for an identified caseload of approximately 15 service users from initial assessment to their transfer to system partners via the delivery of personalized care that is recovery focused. This will include the completion of comprehensive risk assessments/risk management plans.

You will support service users, their carers and wider support networks by providing education to enhance their understanding of mental illness with the aim of preventing relapse and hospital admission.

You will oversee medication management by monitoring concordance, efficacy and potential adverse reactions whilst providing education as to the role that medication play in terms of recovery.

You will work alongside the service leads to ensure all NCAP requirements/Key Performance Indicators are attained and sustained.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Act as a Care Co-ordinator: providing and oversight of the management and care of service users.

Produce accurate and timely documentation in line with your Professional Code of Conduct.

Undertake comprehensive assessments, formulating personalized care plan that reflect the needs of the service user, their family and wider support networks: including carer assessments.

Undertake risk assessments, attend the weekly MDT meetings to ensure whole system has oversight of identified risks and risk management plans.

Provide education to service user, their care network and system partners.

Administer medication, as required: assess for adverse reactions, review concordance and efficacy.

Engage in any required commissioning processes by completing Mental Health Nursing Needs Assessment, Care Act Assessments and contribute to Self-Directed Support assessments/packages.

Participate in service development reviews and NCAP audits.

Work closely with the Team Manager and Clinical Manager with regards ti meeting Key Performance indicators, future service development and implementation of the Teams Operational policies.

Act as a supervisor for lower graded staff, as required to do so.

Complete all mandatory training in line with Trust policy and attend in-house development training.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) is dedicated, as an organisation, to the provision of high quality service user care and treatment whilst supporting staff to develop and progress their clinical skills and knowledge.

The West Essex Locality has excellent access to both London and Cambridge with the service operating from dedicated sites in Uttlesford, Loughton and Harlow. These areas cover a range of communities that vary from the more vibrant to the quieter rural setting.

Person specification

Car Driver

Essential criteria

• Car driver and access to own vehicle

Desirable criteria

• Non-Medical Prescribing or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of previous experience of working within community mental health setting

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of further learning

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of professional qualification

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of Care Act/commissioning 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.

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 epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net 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 epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 680.3KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 368.6KB)
• EPUT Pledge - Step into Health (PDF, 211.0KB)
• Candidate Privacy Policy (PDF, 173.9KB)
• Right to Work Information (PDF, 293.6KB)
• Employer Recognition Scheme - Gold Award (PDF, 27.7KB)
• Trust Vision and Values (PDF, 168.9KB)
• Values of the NHS Pension (PDF, 151.3KB)