# Senior Community Nurse - Epping > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nurse-epping/0828245d-87e2-40ca-86be-60e163029111 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nurse-epping/0828245d-87e2-40ca-86be-60e163029111.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Epping Forest Unit, St Margarets Hospital. - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, plus 5% High Cost Allowance - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am - 5pm Monday To Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T08:40:37.738Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Epping/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health_Nursing/Community_Mental_Health_Nursing-v8228271 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8228271?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 the team 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills through working alongside our well established MDT and accessing specialist training. The West Essex area is a culturally diverse locality covering the beautiful Essex locality, the area covers both urban and rural geography. The post attracts a London fringe payment for staff based at Epping Car Driver Essential Please see the attached job description for more details ### 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. ## Person Specification ### 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 ### 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 ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990) - [job description (pdf, 405.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537714) - [person specification (pdf, 311.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537715) - [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853) - [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355) - [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659) - [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849) - [employer recognition scheme - 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