Staff Nurse Band 5

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at Edward House, a Low Secure Forensic Mental Health Unit based in Chelmsford. The unit caters for up to 20 male service users, based across two wards. Our service users are generally admitted to us from the prison service or Medium Secure mental health care.

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual who will support us with continuing to provide exemplary care.

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Main duties of the job

• To work independently as part of a team of clinicians offering 24 hr mental health access and information in the locality of the Trust. The service will be 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for 365 days a year working shifts in an in-patient low secure forensic setting.
• To act as a role model to HCAs, supervising to ensure high quality care is
• Work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary
• To deliver a high quality and effective operational service to patients with complex needs, in accordance with the principles and objective of the Trust and its vision as identified in the service.
• To work collaboratively with others within the new organization to provide an exemplary level of care to service users and their

About us

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) is an award winning Trust that provides health and social care services for a population of 1.3million people in Essex, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, and Luton.CQC says we're still GOOD and now we're OUTSTANDING for caring!

We employ 5,000 people working across more than 200 sites.

Our services include:

Mental health services

• We provide a wide range of treatment and support to young people, adults and older people experiencing mental illness both as inpatients and within the community. This includes treatment in secure and specialised settings.

Community health services

• Our diverse range of community health services provide support and treatment to both adults and children. We deliver this care in community hospitals, health centres, GP surgeries and in people's homes.

Learning disabilities services

• We provide crisis support and inpatient services and our community learning disability teams work in partnership with local councils to provide assessment and support for adults with learning disabilities.

Social care

• We provide personalised social care support to people with a range of needs, including people with learning disabilities or mental illness, supporting people to live independently.