Community Mental Health Nurse | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Vange; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Community Mental Health Nurse to support older adults living independently in the Basildon area. The role involves working within a supportive team, providing evidence-based interventions, and collaborating with families and other healthcare professionals. Candidates should have a relevant nursing qualification and strong communication skills, with experience in mental health settings preferred. This position offers various benefits including flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience working in mental health settings.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centered care to older adults.
• Work with families and carers to deliver effective support.
• Conduct assessments for service users.

Skills

Motivated

Caring

Compassionate

Excellent communication skills

Education

Nursing qualification

Knowledge of mental health

Job description

We are in an exciting position to be able to recruit a Community Mental Health Nurse for our Older Adult Services in the Basildon & Brentwood locality - primarily your caseload would be working within Basildon This is a supportive, well-resourced team with Support Worker, Physical Health Practitioner, Qualified Nursing and Medical input. The team has a friendly atmosphere and strong work ethic. This post qualifies for HCAS ‘Fringe’.2

We are seeking a Mental Health Nurse who is looking to be part of future healthcare and integrated working for the older adult population and supporting them to live independently.

You will be working as part of a team and responsible for a caseload of individuals, providing person-centred and evidence-based intervention whilst ensuring quality interventions and high standards of documentation, you will need knowledge of physical health and the impact on mental health. You will need to be motivated, caring, compassionate and able to promote positive change to the people under your care.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, patients, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services. You will need excellent communication skills and you will need to be able to work closely with families and carers as a routine part of care.

You will work as a member of the nursing team in providing high quality, evidence- based, holistic nursing care to patients in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Team Manager/Clinical Lead. You will also undertake and maintain service users’ Self Directed Support assessments.

As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day supervision of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality.

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

Flexible Working

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.

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.

Core Clinical Function

• To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to prevent inappropriate A&E attendances and Acute Hospitaladmissions
• To provide advice and decisions to other service members and partner agencies in relation to crisis situations, conditions and treatment plans, based on medical history andknowledge of certainconditions.
• Provide management and care of service users.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with yourProfessional Code of Conduct and Trustpolicies.
• Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation andongoing assessment, providing accurate and timelyfeedback.
• Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review oftreatmentplans.
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and otherdisciplines.
• Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto system one.
• Carry out risk assessments including any potential hazards in the service usersenvironment.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business.
• Report and document incidents asrequired.
• Conduct physical health care checks of service users and act uponfindings.
• Act as a keyworker.
• Facilitate and support in group work such as relaxation, health promotion, hearing voices, anger management, psycho educationetc.
• Responsible for administration of medications, assessment of side effects, reviewconcordance and clinical effectiveness of medication regime in line with Trust policy including safe transportation and storage of medicines, checking receipt, storage of medicines in medicine cupboard.
• Provide education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids tocompliance.
• Provide education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness.
• With relevant expertise and experience and support, provide psycho-social intervention, education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness with aim to prevent relapse andadmission.
• Undertake carer’s assessment in line with Trust’s key performanceindicators.
• Undertake nursing needs and continuing careassessments.
• Be competent in use of relevant screening and assessmenttools.
• comprehensive assessment, care planning, treatment and review of care inline with the requirements of Mental Health CareClusters.
• Provideformulation,deliveryandreviewofindividualisedevidencebasedcare/care packages according to NICE guidance including non-medicationstrategies.
• Support the induction and ongoing development of newly qualified nursingstaff.
• Be an Infection control linkperson.
• Deliver cessationtraining.
• Participate in auditandresearch.

Core Non-Clinical Function

• Promote the Nursing Strategy within the service.
• Take part in service development and review.
• Participate in the recruitment process of other clinical staff as required, supported by senior members of the team.
• Ensure the service meetstheagreed performance / contractual targets and adheres to local and governmentinitiatives.
• Provide clinical leadership and expertise to team.
• Deliver training where appropriate for other professionals.

This advert closes on Friday 5 Dec 2025