Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Eligible for Golden Hello

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust ,
Basildon, Essex

Overview

Job Description

This role is eligible to receive a Golden Hello Incentive - please contact the recruitment team on 01375 364652 to find out more. This applies to candidates who are not currently employed by EPUT. New band 5 and 6 community nurses are offered the opportunity to apply for fast track programmes to support rapid progression to the next band. Senior Mental Health Practitioner CALLING ALL NURSING, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS This post is also open to band 5's on a developmental basis. EPUT is currently undertaking a substantial transformation project within our community mental health services, something of which supports the NHS 5 Year forward plan and the increase in mental health funding announced by the Government. Due to these exciting changes we are looking for a senior mental health practitioner to join the EPUT team in our crisis and urgent care service. This post is open to individuals with a RMN or HCPC registration in Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work with a passion for mental health. The successful candidate will be a member of the Multidisciplinary Team, working in a fast pace community urgent care pathway offering a community response to those experiencing a mental health crisis. You will conduct initial assessments, agree formulation of need and develop collaborative care plans underpinned by NICE guidance delivering a range of interventions based upon individual needs. You will be working within the Mid and South Essex area over a 24 hour period and the assessments and interventions will take place in patients' homes, team bases, hospital and other community settings or via tele-coaching. As required by your line manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day supervision and management of your junior staff members as required. You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, patients, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7- day a week service over a twenty four hour period. This role will be working on a 12 hour shift pattern and is eligible for unsocial hour payments of time plus 30% on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8 pm and before 6 am and time plus 60% on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) enhancement on Sundays and bank holidays as well as your normal rate. This post also attracts a 5% fringe supplement of the basic salary and receives a generous pension and holiday package. EPUT has in place excelling training and development opportunities allowing our staff access to strong career pathways, including a Trust bank that all new staff can automatically join to earn additional income or expand on their experience and knowledge in different patient areas. This post is also eligible for the Trusts relocation package of up to 6,000 to support moving costs, for more information on this please contact Paige Bradford Brown, Recruitment and Retention Manager on 01375 364513. This post attracts a 250 refer a friend incentive. If you are successful at interview and start before 31 March 2020 hav ing been referred to the Trust by a friend currently working at EPUT, you will receive 250 split between you and your friend (subject to tax and NI). For further details / informal visits contact: Lynn McGhee, Associate Director of Adult Inpatient & Emergency Care on 07773 043049 Employment Type: FULL_TIME