ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse

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

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an experienced mental health nurse to become an EIP Care Co-ordinator for a fixed-term maternity cover. Responsibilities include managing caseloads, assessing needs, and creating care plans. Candidates should have experience in community settings, ideally EIP, and a strong grasp of psychosis and CBT. This role offers NHS benefits and flexible working options.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent training facilities

Buying and selling annual leave scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience as a mental health nurse in community settings, ideally EIP.
• Strong ability to adapt approach to build relationships.
• Understanding of medications, risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload in line with CPA procedures.
• Use evidence-based principles for assessing needs and planning interventions.
• Create and update person-centred care plans.

Skills

Mental health nursing experience

Community experience

Knowledge of psychosis and CBT

Record-keeping on electronic systems

Engagement with families and carers

Job description

Overview

ESTEP is the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service that covers South East Essex. We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to become an EIP Care Co-ordinator for a fixed-term 2-month maternity cover.

ESTEP is recruiting an experienced mental health nurse with community experience, ideally within an EIP setting, who has a passion for working with this client group.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload in line with CPA procedures and risk management protocols.
• Use evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess needs and plan, implement and evaluate health and social care interventions.
• Create and continually update person-centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Assess risk and design personalised risk management plans.
• Provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
• Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of MDT services, with personal responsibility for defined projects and areas of responsibility.
• Mentor and supervise students on practice placements.
• Carry out MDT activities e.g. coordinating meetings and undertaking duty responsibilities.
• Identify safeguarding concerns and complete safeguarding investigations.
• Ensure the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Monitor physical health and promote physical wellbeing.
• Support carer and service user involvement, ensuring carers\' needs are identified and responded to.
• Provide profession-specific interventions for the wider team as required and in line with NICE guidelines.
• Participate in team training and mandatory training and ongoing professional development.

Experience and skills

• Experience as a mental health nurse in community settings; ideally within EIP.
• Ability to adapt approach to build relationships; strong record-keeping on electronic systems.
• Knowledge of psychosis, CBT and related evidence; ability to use assessment tools.
• Ability to engage with friends/families/carers; contribute to MDT settings; engage in supervision and training.
• Understanding of medications and benefits; risk assessment and management.

Benefits and working arrangements

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and selling annual leave scheme
• Opportunity to work bank shifts and gain experience in other areas
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
• Flexible working options and encouragement to discuss possibilities with recruiting manager

Staff bank information

Join our Staff Bank. Our EPUT NHS staff bank is managed by the trust and hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at trust hospitals and community settings.

All permanent staff are enrolled onto the staff bank; joining does not require extra shifts, but the option is available. If joining in a fixed-term role, indicate on New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join the staff bank.

Role expectations

• To manage own caseload in line with CPA procedures and risk management.
• To assess needs using evidence-based and client-centred principles; plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To create and continually update person-centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships.
• To assess risk and design personalised risk management plans.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
• To participate in MDT planning, development and evaluation; hold responsibility for defined projects.
• To mentor and supervise students on practice placements.
• To coordinate MDT activities and duty responsibilities.
• To identify safeguarding concerns and conduct safeguarding investigations.
• To ensure Mental Health Act 1983 compliance.
• To monitor physical health and promote wellbeing.
• To support involvement of carers and service users and address carers\' needs.
• To provide profession-specific interventions in line with NICE guidelines.
• To participate in team training and ongoing professional development.

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025.