Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (fixed)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7859-A
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grays Hall
- Town
- Grays
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum plus HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (PCMHP)
Band 5
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
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
Band 5
12 month Fixed Term Contract
We are looking for somebody to provide a wide range of high quality Community Mental Health Care Services which will enable people to live as independently as possible and have meaningful choices.
As a member of the Primary Care Network Mental Health Team, the post holder will provide high quality Nursing Interventions, Medicine Management, Severe Mental Illness (SMI) Health Checks and support Wider System Pathways, as well as other Specialist Mental Health Services. The post holder will assist in the development of this new initiative, working collaboratively with other agencies to ensure patients receive high quality and standards of care appropriate to their identified mental health needs.
The post will be linked to one specific Primary Care Network (PCN), however the post holder will work across the four Thurrock PCNs to support colleagues and maintain service continuity as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
As a Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner you will be a highly skilled and motivated Mental Health Nurse, or Allied Healthcare Professional, and be part of the Enhanced Primary Care team at the forefront of establishing this innovative development in Primary Care Mental Health Services. As a highly competent and proficient practitioner you will be able to work autonomously and be confident in your ability to provide evidence based psychological and non-psychological treatments for common mental health disorders.
This will be in the context of a wider programme of mental health service transformation aimed at creating more capacity and supporting services to become more inclusive and accessible by removing boundaries between services and organising care, based on individual need. The role will actively change the way that services are designed and delivered for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage in Thurrock.
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
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further detailed information please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Professional
- Risk Management training and/or Suicide Prevention training
- Mentorship Preparation
- Meet the requirements for revalidation as set out by the NMC
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture trained
- Trained to deliver Physical Health screening
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a Mental Health setting
- Literate in IT/Computer Skills
- Ability to inspire confidence in the MDT, service users, carers and junior staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Corrine Williams
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07538199801
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