Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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Basildon, Essex
Mental Health Practitioner - Eligible for Golden Hello
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. Mental Health Practitioner CALLING ALL NURSING, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS 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 mental health practitioner to join the EPUT team in our Emergency Response and Urgent Care Team. 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 have the responsibility for participating in planning, implementation/evaluation and ongoing review of treatment plans for individuals where crisis has been assessed. You will work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners to provide a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service, 365 days a year, working shifts were appropriate and operationally required. 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. 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 the relocation package 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: For further clinical information please contact Susan Shorter on susan.shorter@nhs.net Employment Type: FULL_TIME