Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the First Response Team in Basildon. The service provides a wide range of high-quality community care interventions, supporting individuals to maintain their independence, enhance their wellbeing, and make informed choices about their care and support.

The post holder carries responsibility as the care coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers.

The post holder will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively with hospital-based and primary care professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. They will be responsible for maintaining professional standards of care within the First Response Team and will actively contribute to the training, development, and support of staff .

The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive and integrated assessment service for service users, promoting effective interdisciplinary collaboration and fostering a positive, supportive working environment that enables the provision of seamless, coordinated care.

Main duties of the job

To establish and maintain effective individualised care using the Care Programme Approach (CPA) by:-

• Undertaking assessment of risk and formulating care plans to manage and minimise risk.
• Providing advice and information to service users, their carers and their families in order to alleviate distress and work in partnership, as far as possible, with all the available support systems.
• Providing clear, accurate and concise documentation of the service users care as required by the Trusts Care Programme Approach (CPA) Policy.

To participate in the initial assessment and selection of potential clients ensuring that their physical/psychological, nursing and social care needs are taken into account at all times

To participate in team meetings, initiating and discussing new methods/models of care and participate in the introduction of research or trails within the area

Seek to establish a therapeutic relationship with individual clients and their families.

Ensure effective and confidential communication between all care professionals.

Provide significant data governing client care and treatment by:-

• Participating in informal or formal case conferences and discussions.
• Maintaining a secure system of record keeping and information exchange
• Establishing regular written reviews of progres
• Ensuring that information is recorded on the client information database.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of 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.

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.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

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.