ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Essex; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

ESTEP are currently in a position to recruit an experienced mental health nurse for a fixed term contract (up to 9 months) to cover maternity leave.

ESTEP is the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service that covers South East Essex and we are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to become an EIP Care Co-ordinator for a fixed term. We seek someone who has existing community experience, ideally within an EIP setting and who has a passion for working with this client group.

Main duties of the job

Being part of someone's journey towards recovery is extremely powerful and rewarding. For people who have had a psychotic illness we offer a 3-year period of engagement with the team, this means that practitioners can take time to establish relationships and agree plans of care.

There are clear NICE guidelines in terms of a care plan offer and what should be included. Much of the first few months are about getting to know the person you are working with to develop trust and a shared understanding about what a person is experiencing and why.

The skills required to be an effective EIP practitioner are:

1. To adapt your working approach to establish relationships with those people you work with.
2. To balance clinical activity with good standards of record keeping on the electronic record.
3. To provide psychoeducation around psychosis.
4. To use assessment tools.
5. To engage with friends/families/carers.
6. To contribute to an MDT setting.
7. To engage in supervision and training.
8. To have a good understanding of medication and its benefits.
9. To understand CBT and the evidence that surrounds it to aid recovery from psychosis.
10. To be effective and skilled in assessing and managing risks.
11. To be skilled in care planning.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share 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.

Job responsibilities

1. To manage own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
2. To use evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess needs and to plan, implement and evaluate health and social care interventions.
3. To create and continually update person-centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships with your clients.
4. To assess risk and design personalised risk management plans.
5. To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
6. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of MDT services, holding personal responsibility for defined projects and areas of responsibility.
7. To mentor and supervise students on practice placements.
8. To carry out MDT activities e.g. coordinating meetings and undertaking duty responsibilities.
9. To identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.
10. To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
11. To monitor physical health and promote physical wellbeing.
12. To support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carer's needs are identified and responded to.
13. To provide profession-specific interventions for the wider team as required and in line with NICE guidelines.
14. To participate in team training and mandatory training and ongoing professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker

Experience

• Post-registration community mental health experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust