Community Mental Health Nurse - Older Peoples Team

Eput; Grays; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 33

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts e.g. Blue Light/NHS

£8K relocation package

Season ticket loans

Job summary

EPUT is seeking a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Older Peoples Team in Grays, Essex. You will manage a caseload, deliver person-centred, evidence-based care, and ensure high-quality documentation, working with physical health considerations and mental health impact.

The role requires collaboration with MDT members, clinicians and partner agencies to plan and evaluate treatment. You will contribute to safeguarding and professional practice in a dynamic community health setting.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse required.
• Degree level qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development required.

Responsibilities

• To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to prevent inappropriate A&E attendances and Acute Hospital admissions.
• 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 and knowledge of certain conditions.
• Provide management and care of service users.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policies.
• Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation and ongoing assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback.
• Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatment plans.
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Qualification at degree level or equivalent

Evidence of continuing professional/personal development

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse - Older Peoples Team

Band 5

Main area Community Psychiatric Nurse/Registered Mental Health Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 364-B-585

Site Civic Offices Town Grays, Essex Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum + 5% High Cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 08:00

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5, Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Older Peoples Community Mental Health team in Thurrock.

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.

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agenciesto 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 medicalhistory and knowledge of certainconditions.
• Provide management and care of serviceusers.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trustpolicies.
• Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation and ongoing assessment, providing accurate and timelyfeedback.
• Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatmentplans.
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 ofcare.

You will work as a member of the MDT 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 Supportassessments.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Qualification at degree level or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development

Knowledge

• Understanding responsibilities under the Care programme Approach, Mental Capacity Act, Clinical Governance, Risk Assessment and Child Protection Legislation
• Evidence of co-ordinating care for a group of patients.
• An understanding of Frailty and the complexities of later life
• Knowledge of community mental health services

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Important Notice: staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.