Care Coordinator / Senior Community Nurse (CPN)

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Care Coordinator/Senior Community Nurse in Colchester. You will assess and coordinate care for service users, implement evidence-based interventions, and support junior staff, playing a crucial role in community mental health.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Mental Health Nurse registration required.
• Experience with psychosocial interventions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess and coordinate care for service users.
• Create and update person-centred care plans.
• Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act 1983.

Skills

Excellent communication and listening skills

Experience in applying psychosocial interventions

Education

Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN Part 3

Evidence of appropriate CPD post-qualification

Job description

Go back Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Care Coordinator / Senior Community Nurse (CPN)

The closing date is 08 July 2025

An opportunity has opened up for a Care Coordinator in the Colchester Community Mental Health Team. The successful candidate would be responsible 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 within a defined catchment area/locality. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, to act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload of service users and have a number of responsibilities that include assessment and coordination of care needs. Once needs are identified, you will be expected to plan and implement evidence-based care to the service users and their carers. You will have the support and supervision of your Team Lead, and as a Band 6 clinician, you will be expected to act as a supervisor and resource for junior or less experienced staff.

You will be able to draw on the interventions and expertise provided by your MDT colleagues, such as Support Workers, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Employment Specialists, Family Therapists and Medical Colleagues.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Assessing new referrals to the team and ascertaining whether they have care needs that need to be addressed within the service

Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) of a designated caseload

Creating and continually updating person-centred careplans and building therapeutic relationships with your clients.

Continually assess risk and design personalised risk management plans

Facilitate referral to crisis teams or admission to hospital where necessary, plus providing presence and involvement in inpatient careplan and discharge planning.

Administration of long-acting anti-psychotic depot injections in a community setting

Monitoring of medication adherence and any potential side-effects. Organising medical reviews when indicated.

Identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.

Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented

Support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carers needs are identified and responded to.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN Part 3
• Evidence of appropriate CPD post-qualification

Skills/Experience

• Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to tailor the message to a variety of audiences
• Experience in applying psychosocial interventions

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