Senior Community Nurse

An exciting opportunity for a qualified RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse) to become part of the Mid Essex Dementia and Frailty Pathway.

Responsibilities

• You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multidisciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.
• You will be working as a member of the Mid Essex Dementia and Frailty Pathway in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to patients in line with your professional code of conduct and Trust policies.
• You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Nurse Practitioner.
• You will have responsibility for the day to day supervision and management of junior team members within your professional group and team locality, in line with agreed Trust HR processes.

Additional Requirements

• This is a community position, and it is essential criteria for the applicant to have a valid driving licence and be able to drive, also access to a car for work purposes.
• Please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
• As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
• Anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt.

Person Specification – Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN).

Person Specification – Desirable

• Post graduate qualification or commitment to work towards this non medical prescribing qualification.

Skills

• Essential criteria: Knowledge and understanding of health legislation, principles of CPA and Care Management, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act 1983 and safeguarding, the NHS Constitution, and risk assessment / management. Excellent IT skills i.e. Word / Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Understanding of the nature of mental health conditions and how they can affect people's day to day life and impact upon recovery.
• Desirable criteria: Working knowledge of the Paris and System One.

Personal Qualities

• Essential criteria: Full UK Drivers Licence, Ability to Travel across Trust sites as required. Ability to manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business / handover.
• Desirable criteria: Flexible approach to work.

Benefits

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us.
• Season ticket loans are interest free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Equal Opportunities

• Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services.
• We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply.
• If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.