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Main area
Older Adult Community Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Covering operation 08:00 to 20:00 seven days a week.)
Job ref
364-A-7578-A
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Crystal centre
Town
Chelmsford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum plus HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Mental Health Practitioner (AA&HTT)

Band 6

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Job overview

Community Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6 - £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

Functional Intensive Response and Support Team

The Crystal Centre

 Part Time Hours Available

                                     

Main duties of the job

We are pleased to offer the new and exciting opportunity to join the new Mid and South Essex, Older Adult Admission Avoidance & Home Treatment Team.  As part of the transformation agenda a new service is being formed to provide support to Older Adults, with Frailty and Functional Mental Health needs. 

Working for our organisation

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

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As part of this developing service you will help support older adults with functional mental health issues to meet increased needs / rising risk to support admission avoidance and provide home treatment with a Home First approach to support. You will work with a new and growing team, the existing community services and the established Dementia Admission avoidance services across Mid and South Essex

 

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Mental health Nurse, or Occupational Therapist.
  • Additional Professional Qualifications in Older adult Mental Health /Dementia or Experience
  • Evidence of personal and professional development in contemporary mental health practice and dementia care
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to Degree Level
  • Non-medical Independent prescriber

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidelines.
  • Good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and its application in practice
  • Understanding of the Care Act
  • Good understanding of national policy and the implications for good mental health
  • An understanding of Frailty and the complexities of later life
  • Experience in the use of risk assessment tools
Desirable criteria
  • Use of screening tools in dementia

Skills/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of ability to prioritise workload and competing demands
  • Evidence of objective setting, time management skills etc
  • Ability to plan ways of improving efficiency and cost effectiveness of clinical services
  • Evidence of personal development
  • Ability to build relationships and negotiate satisfactory outcomes
  • Ability to know when to seek the support and guidance of more senior colleagues when necessary
  • Ability to use own judgement confidently and decisively

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Essex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Spooner
Job title
Clinical Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01245 515304