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Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Canvey Island; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Season Ticket Loans

Training facilities

Annual leave scheme

Bank shifts

Lease cars

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to coordinate care, plan and implement evidence-based nursing in a defined locality. You will supervise junior staff, act as a role model, and work within a multidisciplinary team to assess and plan care for service users, ensuring communication and equality is maintained.

The role requires driving licence with access to a vehicle and experience in care coordination, with involvement in safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Care coordination experience within a community setting.
• Supervision of junior staff and coordination of care.
• Ability to liaise with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to junior staff and act up for Team Lead when needed.
• Independently manage a defined community caseload and assess care needs.
• Plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care within policies.
• Ensure effective communication pathways and promote equality and rights.
• Contribute to training needs and support carers and service users.

Skills

Care coordination

Staff supervision

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Driving licence

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Due to internal secondment we have a 12 month vacancy for an outstanding person to work within the team at Knightswick Clinic. You will manage the coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers, within a defined catchment area/locality. You will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team and act up for Team Lead in their absence as appropriate. You will act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.

The successful candidate will:

Provide supervision to junior staff.

Will act as an independent practitioner within a defined community setting, while liaising with other professionals as necessary.

Will manage a defined caseload and provide supervision to others as appropriate.

Will be responsible for the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, and have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation.

Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist.

Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.

Will be responsible for contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence-based care as appropriate

Valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle essential for this post, along with previous care coordination experience.

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group..
• Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
• Responsible for ensuring the postholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
• Responsible for ensuring that carers’ assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.
• Responsible for deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.

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
• 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

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.

main duties of the job include

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
• Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users contacting the “Out of Hours” service, providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.
• Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
• Responsible for participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Responsible for ensuring the postholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
• Responsible for ensuring that carers’ assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.
• Responsible for deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;

• Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures
• To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage
• To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy
• To provide management supervision where appropriate

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.

This advert closes on Monday 31 Aug 2026