Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR166-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester General Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/06/2025
Employer heading
Adult Mental Health Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
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If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are pleased to be able to offer two substantive posts for registered Mental Health Professionals to join our complex health team in our new Adult Mental Health Specialist roles.
You will have post-registration experience of working with and supporting people over the age of 18 who have mental health needs. Your expertise and knowledge will support the continuing service which we provide in Colchester Hospital for adults who have been admitted with mental health related needs. The specialist posts have been approved due to recognition of how these will complement the specialist service we provide for people with complex health needs and the staff who care for them in ESNEFT. You will join our complex health service which has established registered professionals who provide care people with Dementia, Learning disabilities and children and young people with mental health needs. This will be an excellent opportunity for someone with the relevant qualification, skills and experience to be part of this valued service.
The post holders will provide clinical intervention, leadership and training on the delivery of care for adults who have mental health needs. To achieve this they will be responsible for developing care packages and programs of care for patients including those who self-harm or have an eating disorder. They will work closely with partners to enable multi-agency input around the child or young person and their family’s needs.
Main duties of the job
- To provide clinical leadership and training on the delivery of care for adults (over the age of 18) who have mental health needs. To provide training and support that will improve the experience of these patients and those who are involved in their care.
- To be responsible for developing care packages and programs of care for adults, including older people who self-harm or have an eating disorder, including the involvement of multi-agency input around the patient and their carer or family’s needs.
- To communicate complex and sensitive information and advice to patients and, as appropriate, their families, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, to find ways of enabling the information to be understood, providing empathy and reassurance.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Health or Social Care professional
- Post registration qualification / training in mental health
- Formal knowledge of adult and/or older adult mental health acquired through clinical post-graduate education
Desirable criteria
- Additional nursing qualification.
- Degree/ Masters level qualification relevant to mental health
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with adults, including older people with mental health needs in different settings
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development.
- Experience of working with groups and individuals in a variety of roles and settings
- Demonstrated experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking staff performance reviews and planned development of staff
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to use a range of therapeutic skills
- Incorporating and demonstrating competencies including person-centred care, therapeutic skills, sharing knowledge, best practice, and critical reflective practice at enhanced specialist level
- Understanding practice and promoting person-centred and relationship-centred care
- Experience of supporting people who are subject to detention under the Mental Health Act
- Experience and understanding of the use of restrictive interventions and strategies to reduce this
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of research methods and methodologies
- Understanding of competency frameworks
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
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
- Tara Brown
- Job title
- Senior Lead for Safeguarding and Complex Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
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