ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Rochford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Rochford seeks an experienced EIP Care Coordinator to support clients with psychotic illnesses. The role involves creating and managing care plans, assessing risks, and providing leadership within the team. Ideal candidates will be registered mental health nurses or social workers with community experience. The position includes flexible working opportunities and is integral to supporting clients’ recovery journeys.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent training facilities

Buying and selling annual leave scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Must have post-registration community mental health experience.
• Understanding of NICE guidelines for care plans is essential.
• Ability to assess and manage risks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload in line with CPA procedures.
• Create and update person-centred care plans.
• Provide leadership for junior staff through supervision.
• Identify safeguarding concerns and complete investigations.

Skills

Community experience

Understanding of medication

CBT knowledge

Risk management skills

Client relationship skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker

Job description

Overview

ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse. The closing date is 22 October 2025.

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. We seek someone who has existing community experience, ideally within an EIP setting, and who has a passion for working with this client group.

Main duties of the job

Being part of someone\'s journey towards recovery is powerful and rewarding. For people who have had a psychotic illness we offer a 3-year period of engagement with the team, which allows time to establish relationships and agree plans of care. There are clear NICE guidelines in terms of a care plan offer and what should be included. The early months focus on getting to know the person to develop trust and a shared understanding of what they are experiencing and why.

The skills required to be an effective EIP practitioner include: adapting your working approach to establish relationships with those you work with; balancing clinical activity with good standards of record keeping on the electronic record; providing psychoeducation around psychosis; using assessment tools; engaging with friends/families/carers; contributing to an MDT setting; engaging in supervision and training; having a good understanding of medication and its benefits; understanding CBT and the evidence around it to aid recovery from psychosis; being effective in assessing and managing risks; and being skilled in care planning.

To be effective, you should be able to assess and manage risks and contribute to high-quality care planning.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. We offer a range of benefits and development opportunities, 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 to 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 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.

Job responsibilities

• To manage own caseload in line with CPA procedures and risk management protocols.
• To use evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess needs and to plan, implement and evaluate health and social care interventions.
• To create and continually update person-centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships with clients.
• To assess risk and design personalised risk management plans.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of MDT services, holding personal responsibility for defined projects and areas of responsibility.
• To mentor and supervise students on practice placements.
• To carry out MDT activities, e.g., coordinating meetings and undertaking duty responsibilities.
• To identify safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.
• To ensure the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• To monitor physical health and promote physical wellbeing.
• To support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and its provision, ensuring carers\' needs are identified and responded to.
• To provide profession-specific interventions for the wider team as required and in line with NICE guidelines.
• To participate in team training, mandatory training and ongoing professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker

Experience

• Post-registration community mental health experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust