Community Mental Health Nurse | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Canvey Island; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Canvey Island seeks an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to manage a caseload focusing on complex health needs. Responsibilities include coordinating care, conducting assessments, and ensuring adherence to mental health legislation. The ideal candidate will have a relevant qualification and experience in mental health settings. This role supports flexible working opportunities and offers various employee benefits including NHS discounts and training.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Flexible working options

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health settings required.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation is necessary.
• Ability to engage with diverse populations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment and care planning for service users.
• Coordinate care under the Care Programme Approach.
• Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act 1983.

Skills

Qualified Mental Health Practitioner

Strong communication skills

Clinical risk assessment

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

The Recovery & Wellbeing Team Castlepoint is looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamic team based at Knightswick.

The successful candidate will join a Multi-Disciplinary Team of professionals dedicated to the care of our patients. You will be responsible for a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, following a recovery focused model.

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.

Benefits:

• 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

We are looking for a motivated, qualified individual who wishes to work with clients with diverse and complex mental health needs.

• 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 appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users contacting the “Out of Hours” service, providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.
• 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 participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• 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.

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;

• Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures
• To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage
• To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy
• To provide management supervision where appropriate

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.

Note: This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025