Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.
You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.
The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.
We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.
We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.
We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.
Join us and you'll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Poplar Adolescent Unit for two highly motivated and flexible Nursing Associates to join our inpatient team.
The team offers highly specialist assessments and interventions for children and young people aged between 13-18 years, with complex emotional and behavioural mental health needs.
The successful candidates will have experience of working directly with individuals with children and young people, and their families. They will be committed to offering flexible and person centered services in order to meet the needs of our service users. They will have confidence in managing complex and sometimes challenging situations that may arise within the course of our work, and will be excellent communicators.
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A range of specialist assessments and interventions are offered by the team, inclusive of Functional Behaviour Assessments, Sensory Integration Assessments, Sleep Assessments, Relationships and Sex Education and Emotional Well-being Interventions.
The successful candidates will support in the completion of specialist assessments and interventions, and may, with supervision and support, hold a small caseload of children for whom they will coordinate interventions.
Working for our organisation
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
* 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.
Benefits
* 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
* Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
* Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
* Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Work that wraps around your needs
* Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
* Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
* Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To be responsible along with other members of the team for the implementation of interventions as outlined in service users' care plans.
· Attending to the physical and psychological needs of the children and young people under the care of the nursing team.
· Act as an associate worker for service users.
· To take support the service in delivering the pathways promoted by the service including Mental Health and Challenging Behaviour.
· Ensure that accurate and objective information is recorded and signed by the appropriate member of staff.
· Establish therapeutic relationships with individual children and young people, relatives and carers are maintained by the nursing team. Contribute towards the formulation of care.
· Ensure effective and confidential communication at all times maintaining strict confidentiality with regard to any information concerning patients and colleagues.
· Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of carers of patients with learning disability.
· Be aware of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and how to implement this safely.
· Be involved and contribute to the planning of each child's care in accordance with agreed pathways, Building the Right Support and the Learning Disability Improvement Standards.
· Observe any changes in a child's physical condition or mental state and document and report in an appropriate manner.
· Act in a relaxed manner, thereby contributing to the creation and maintenance of a calm and relaxed atmosphere/environment.
· Establish positive professional and appropriate relationships with patients adopting a non-judgemental approach. Always be prepared to listen and treat each child with respect and courtesy; valuing them as individuals.
· To participate in managerial supervision.
· Develop networking opportunities with other stakeholders to support care in the community and where hospital admission is required to support timely discharge.
· Develop networking opportunities with other mainstream mental health providers including inpatients; acute hospital and community services to support them to make their services accessible to children and young people with LD.
Important note: 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.
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 on or email [email protected] 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, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that 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.
Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that 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. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.