ESTEP Care Coordinator: Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 22 April 2026
Due to an internal promotion within the service, ESTEP East has a band 5 vacancy based in Rochford.
ESTEP is the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service that covers South East Essex, and we are looking for an exceptional mental health nurse to work as an EIP Care Co‑ordinator within the team. We seek someone who ideally has existing community experience, but more importantly a person who has a passion for working with this client group. The role is community/office based.
Job responsibilities
Being part of someone's journey towards recovery is extremely powerful and rewarding. For people who have had a psychotic illness we offer a 3‑year period of engagement with the team, which means that practitioners can take time to establish relationships and agree plans of care.
There are clear NICE guidelines in terms of care planning and what should be included. Much of the first few months are about getting to know the person you are working with to develop trust and a shared understanding about what a person is experiencing and why.
The skills required to be an effective EIP practitioner are: adapt your working approach to establish relationships with those people you work with, balance clinical activity with good standards of record keeping on the electronic record, provide psychoeducation around psychosis, use assessment tools, engage with friends/families/carers, contribute to an MDT setting, engage in supervision and training, have a good understanding of medication and the benefits of this along with other interventions and the evidence that surrounds them to aid people’s recovery from psychosis, assess and manage risks, and be skilled in care planning.
To manage own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
Use evidence‑based and client‑centred principles to assess needs and plan, implement and evaluate health and social care interventions.
Create and continually update person‑centred care plans and build therapeutic relationships with clients.
Assess risk and design personalised risk management plans.
Provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of MDT services, holding personal responsibility for defined projects and areas of responsibility.
Mentor and supervise students on practice placements.
Carry out MDT activities such as coordinating meetings and undertaking duty responsibilities.
Identify safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.
Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
Monitor physical health and promote physical wellbeing.
Support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service, and for its provision, while ensuring carer’s needs are identified and responded to.
Provide profession‑specific interventions for the wider team as required and in line with NICE guidelines.
Participate in team training and mandatory training and ongoing professional development.
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker
Experience
* Post‑registration community mental health experience
EIP experience
* Worked in EIP service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous convictions.
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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