The closing date is 23 January 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, plus 5% HCA
Job summary
The West Essex Specialist Dementia and Frailty Service (SDFS) is an assessment, diagnostic and support pathway for people with dementia of any age, as well as people over the age of 75 who have complex mental health needs and an associated age related frailty.
We work closely with our EPUT community specialist practitioners and Essex County Council colleagues, local organizations as well as the voluntary sector to support the holistic needs of the patient with a person centred collaborative approach.
The successful candidate will be trustworthy, positive about change and will be passionate about the services we provide and have excellent interpersonal skills and a zest for delivering the highest level of patient care and service delivery improvements.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication and documentation skills, be organised and able to prioritise workloads, be flexible and have a ‘can do’ attitude, be able to work independently as well as alongside patients and their families, the ward and community based staff as a valued member of both teams.
The successful candidate will be able to adhere to the trust core values of being compassionate, open and empowering.
Main duties of the job
To provide care co-ordination to a caseload of complex patients
To complete safeguarding investigations
To carry out care act assessments for patients under the age of 65
Will be part of the daily ‘duty’ rota supporting Urgent Community Response
To work alongside the multi-disciplinary and multi agency team delivering high quality, personalised care.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN Part 3
- Mentorship preparation
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Meet the requirements for revalidation as set out by the NMC
- High standard of education
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification or commitment to work towards this
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of / and the ability to conduct assessments and review of care in line with the requirements of the mental health care clusters
- Understanding and the ability to support the team to meet their key performance indicators and contractual targets
- Experience in the performance management and supervision of lower banded staff
- Excellent IT skills i.e. Word / Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience of using an electronic information system
- Experience of and participation in audit and research
- Knowledge and understanding of health legislation, principles of CPA and Care Management, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act 1983 and safeguarding, the NHS Constitution, and risk assessment / management
- Knowledge of current best practice and models within nursing practice in mental health
- The ability to devise comprehensive care plans that incorporate effective, individualised and evidenced based therapy interventions
- Understanding of the nature of mental health conditions and how they can affect people’s day to day life and impact upon recovery
- Commitment to ongoing learning through CPD for self and others within operational area
Skills/Experience
Essential
- Literate in IT/Computer Skills
- Proven experience of working in a health, social care or community setting as part of a multi- disciplinary team
- Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive information
- Proven experience of working with people with mental health conditions and vulnerable service users
- Proven experience of conducting and contributing to ongoing assessments
- Ability to conduct risk assessments of the individual in the service user environment
- Proven experience of medicines management in line with NMC Standards and Trust policies and procedures
- Experience in providing psycho- social interventions
- Demonstrate an understanding of the recovery principles
- Ability to manage and coordinate mulit-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business / handover
- Ability to work with Clinical Manager in the development and implementation of operational / Trust policies
- Deliver training to colleagues and lower banded staff
- Ability to critically analyse and review research findings and reports
- Assess and treat own caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways
- Undertake physical health checks of services users and act on the findings appropriately
- Undertake a range of clinical duties e.g. providing practical support and guidance to service users
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Trust Core Values
- Understand the need for compassion in working with colleagues, servicer users and families
- Support families and carers within the boundaries of their role and NMC professional code of conduct
- Capable of working under pressure and meet deadlines where required
- Act as key worker to a group of service users
- Take on the role of lead practitioner
- Self-motivated with a desire to contribute to the ongoing service development
- Participate in service reviews and research
- Able to demonstrate a level of flexibility, innovation and creativity in the working environment
- Ability to engage and motivate people
- Ability to organise individual and group activities / work skills
- Experience in risk assessment of service user activity
- Plan and prioritise own and team workload as required
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as a senior practitioner in the multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrate the ability to lead, facilitate and support group work i.e. anger management, psycho education and hearing voices
- Mentorship and supervision of lower banded staff
- Promoting concordance with medication and treatment regimes in line with NMC regulations and Trust policy
- Requirement to undertake carers assessments
- Undertake, supervise and sign off nursing needs assessments
- Lead and facilitate group work
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, telephone manner including liaison with outside agencies
- Record all service user related information on Trust electronic records system
- Lead/chair professionals meetings and reviews
- Ability to report back at professional meetings / reviews on an individual / groups performance
- Produce reports for managers appeal / renewal hearings and mental health review tribunals
- Supervise the work of nursing students and support workers
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
- Ability to adapt to change when required
- Carry out / contribute to SI and other Trust investigations as required
Desirable
- Able to deliver from a range of possible key therapeutic interventions CBT, Psychosocial interventions, Family Interventions, DBT approaches
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Current driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).