Community Mental Health Nurse

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Rayleigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Care Coordinator to cover maternity leave for six months. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, ensuring adherence to mental health legislation. Candidates should have prior care coordination experience and an understanding of safeguarding requirements. The role offers flexibility and various employee benefits, including NHS discounts and training opportunities.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent training opportunities

Buying and selling annual leave scheme

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Essential to manage a caseload of service users with complex health needs.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Experience in promoting carer and service user involvement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments, planning, and evaluation of care for service users.
• Coordinate care under the Care Programme Approach.
• Ensure adherence to professional responsibilities and mental health legislation.

Skills

Care coordination experience

Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983

Ability to establish therapeutic relationships

Job description

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
• Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload.
• Responsible for ensuring the postholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
• Responsible for ensuring that carers\' assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.
• Responsible for deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.
• We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic Care Coordinator to cover maternity leave for a 6 month period. As the successful post-holder you will manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, following a recovery focused model. Previous care coordination experience is essential for this post.

About the role and 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.