Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long Days and Long Nights. 7am to 7.30pm and 7pm to 7.30am)
- Job ref
- 364-A-9139
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Larkwood Ward St Aubyn Centre
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
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
Opportunities have arisen for Band 5 REGISTERED MENTAL HEALTH NURSES on our Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at The St Aubyn Centre in Colchester. These vacancies have arisen due to The Trust increasing our staffing establishment.
Larkwood Ward is a 10 bedded PICU and we care for young people aged 13 to 18 who are experiencing severe mental health problems.
We work with young people who cannot be safely cared for in the community or on General Adolescent Units. They may be experiencing Psychosis, Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Self Harm.
The unit is very well resourced and you will be working as part of an extensive MDT consisting of Family Therapists, Psychologists, Art and Drama Therapists, Psychotherapist's, Ward Doctors and Consultant Psychiatrists.
There are also numerous training opportunities to further your career.
We are happy to support newly qualified staff through their preceptorship. Newly qualified Mental Health Nurses are greatly encouraged to apply for this position.
Main duties of the job
- Working and supporting young people aged 13 to 18 as part of the MDT team.
- Key working young people.
- Care planning in collaboration with your key child.
- Writing reports and attending Ward Reviews.
- Attending CPA's.
- Communicating with families.
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
- To be responsible along with other nursing staff for patient assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation all care aspects of individual care planning.
- Attending to the physical and psychological needs of the patients under the care of the nursing team.
- Act as key worker for a designated group of young people.
- Delivery of effective individualised care by supervising staff in the assessment of patient’s condition. Ensure that accurate and objective information is recorded and signed by the appropriate member of staff.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients, relatives and carers are maintained by the nursing team. Write and contribute towards the formulation of care plans.
- 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 mental health problems.
- To fully comply with the requirements of the NMC and upkeep of registration. · Be aware of the Mental Health Act 1983 and be aware of clients detained under section of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the clinical area.
- Supervise the formulation of plans for the patient’s discharge and transfer from the clinical areas in line with Care Programme Approach, Children’s Act 2004 and discharge policy.
- Observe any changes in a patient’s physical condition or mental state and document in an appropriate manner.
- Assist patients towards self-care and independence.
- Understand the need for personal responsibility in relation to using the correct techniques for moving and handling patients.
- 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 patient with respect and courtesy; valuing them as individuals.
Person specification
Qualification in Mental Health Nursing
Essential criteria
- Mental Health Nursing Qualification
Desirable criteria
- CAMHS Experience
Good organisational Skills
Essential criteria
- Good Organisational Skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
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
- Sam Jagessur
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206334622
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