Under 65's Practitioner

You will be working as a senior member of the multidisciplinary clinical team, working in one specified pathway or across pathways in accordance with area / locality structures, assessing and treating your own complex specialist caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways.
You will also have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality. As required by your manager this may include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes., 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.

The position requires experience in working with individuals who have a diagnosis of dementia, and beneficial but not essential to have worked with those diagnosed under the age of 65. You will need to have an understanding of the complex needs of the individual, experience in SDS packages and Commissioning, Safeguarding, Risk Assessments, and Person centered care planning.
We work closely with Essex County Council colleagues, local organizations as well as the voluntary sector to support the holistic needs of the patient with a person centered collaborative approach.
We are looking for:
+ An experienced registered mental health nurse or social worker
+ A competent, confident and proficient practitioner
+ Who is organized and able to work creatively and effectively in a busy and demanding role
+ It is essential that you have a UK driving license and able to drive for this position.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year, working shifts where appropriate and operationally required., + Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive information
+ Proven experience of working in a health / social care or community setting as part of a multi-disciplinary team
+ Experience of working with, supervising lower banded staff and / or managing the care of service users with highly complex needs
+ Act as a care coordinator in highly complex cases
+ Provide clinical leadership to lower banded staff in line with OT Standards and Trust policies and procedures
+ Manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business / handover

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
+ We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
+ We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
+ We Care
+ We Learn
+ We Empower
Our strategic objectives
+ We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
+ We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
+ We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
+ We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
+ Mental Health Services
+ Community Health Services
+ Learning Disabilities Services
+ Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory., 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.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected].

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans


• NHS discounts for staff


• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities


• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme


• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas


• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work


• Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.