Staff Nurse - Band 5 (CAMHS Inpatient)

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will play a key role within our multidisciplinary team, delivering safe, evidence-based, and holistic nursing care to young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Working collaboratively with partners, careers, clinicians and service users, you will support a 24/7 service that puts patient wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.
You will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of personalised care, ensuring that every young person receives the support, respect, and therapeutic intervention they deserve.
This role also offers opportunities to develop leadership skills by supporting junior colleagues and taking charge of the ward when required., What you will be doing
+ Delivering high quality, person centered and recovery focused care
+ Acting as a key worker for a designated group of young people
+ Supporting the assessment and formulation of care and risk management plans
+ Building therapeutic, professional relationships with young people, families and careers
+ Observing and recording changes in physical and mental health
+ Promoting independence and self care
+ Participating in therapeutic and social activities
+ Supervising junior staff and mentoring student nurses
+ Supporting safe discharge planning in line with CPA and relevant legislation
+ Ensuring confidentiality, professionalism and adherence to NMC standards
+ Contributing to a calm, safe and positive ward environment., + A supportive and experienced team
+ Opportunities for professional development and clinical supervision
+ Involvement in service development and quality improvement
+ A role that truly makes an impact on young lives
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., 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.

+ Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC)
+ Passion for working with young people in a mental health setting
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
+ Commitment to the NHS values and our Trust values: We Care, We Learn, We Empower
+ Ability to work flexibly as part of a 24-hour service, + Registered Mental Health Nurse at degree / diploma level
+ Current NMC Registration
+ Must have completed preceptorship programme and be signed off.
Desirable
+ Degree level qualification
Experience
Essential
+ Knowledge of mental disorder, child development, mental health law and legislation and the nursing process
Desirable
+ Experience of working in a mental health setting post- registration
+ Basic counselling skills
Special Aptitudes/Abilities
Essential
+ Demonstrates an understanding of and empathy to the needs of children & young people
+ Ability to effectively communicate with children, young people and their parents
+ Ability to effectively communicate with other professionals, in person and on the phone
Desirable
+ Ability to understand and work with challenging behaviour
Personal Characteristics:
Essential
+ A genuine interest in working within this specialism.
+ Excellent professional attitude
+ Available to work shifts, days, nights and weekends, Monday to Sunday across all inpatient units

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.

+ 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.
+ £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
+ 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.