Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Chelmsford, UK, seeks a Nurse Practitioner to lead a team focusing on dementia and mental health services. The role requires a registered mental health nurse with leadership skills and experience in complex assessments. The candidate will oversee service delivery, manage a multidisciplinary team, and develop interagency relationships. Benefits include NHS discounts and flexible working options.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct complex assessments of dementia and mental health needs.
• Experience in community setting as a Band 6 practitioner or equivalent.
• Understanding of the principles of the Care Act.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Multi Disciplinary Team.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions to service users.
• Coordinate and manage the team to provide high-quality services.

Skills

Experienced registered mental health nurse

Good oral communication skills

Good level of IT proficiency

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 13 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Mid Specialist Dementia and Frailty pathway team within Mid Essex. We are looking to recruit a motivated, hardworking team leader who has excellent communication skills with a passion for driving service improvement and working collaboratively with other health care providers and third sector agencies.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Chelmsford team, ensuring the delivery of a high level service providing a proactive assessment, diagnostic, monitoring and management of patients with dementia of any age and people over the age of 75 years with complex Mental Health needs who have an age related frailty.

We are looking for:

• An experienced registered mental health nurse
• A competent, confident and proficient practitioner
• Who is organized and able to work creatively and effectively in a busy and demanding role

It is essential that you have a UK driving license and able to drive for this position.

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership of the Multi Disciplinary Team to deliver the service

Responsible for the overall delivery of a range of evidence based interventions to service users based on identified holistic needs, review the effectiveness of implemented care packages and discharge service users back to primary care / other providers in a timely manner.

Develop robust interagency relationships with key stakeholders supporting development of the integrated care pathways and locality working.

Responsible for the coordination and management of the team in providing a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical service, ensuring the delivery of high quality community mental health services.

Responsible for general service management including

• Supervisions
• Management of sickness absence/disciplinary/capability and other workforce procedures and policies.

Support others in their learning and development in relation to the management needs of patients with dementia and serious mental illness with age related frailty

To ensure the service works in line with CPA/Social carer/risk management/ safeguarding and other relevant policies.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development 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 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.

Job responsibilities

please see Job Description and Person Spec for full details of the requirements and responsibilities of the role

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Ability to conduct complex assessments demonstrating knowledge of the complexities of dementia and complex mental health needs in older adults and frailty
• Knowledge of working with external agencies to support the service user group

Skills/ Experience

• Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English language
• Provide clinical expertise and support to the Commissioning Panels (Health & Social Care)

Knowledge

• experience of working with patients with dementia or other mental health problems
• experience of working in a community setting as a Band 6 practitioner or equivalent

skills and Experience

• Working knowledge of CPA, MHA, MCA,
• Good level of IT proficiency
• Understanding of the principles of the Care Act
• Non Medical Prescriber

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