Associate Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an Associate Practitioner opportunity on a PICU ward in Basildon Mental Health Unit. The role involves working independently and accountably as part of a 24-hour mental health access team, providing high-quality operational service to people with mental health needs. You will be responsible for implementing care plans, attending to patients' physical and psychological needs, and taking on lead roles such as physical health monitoring. The service operates 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, requiring shift work in an in-patient setting.
Key responsibilities
- To be responsible along with other members of the team for the implementation of all care aspects of individual care planning.
- Attending to the physical and psychological needs of the patients under the care of the nursing team.
- Act as an associate worker for service users.
- To take on a lead role for the service such as physical health monitoring.
- Ensure that accurate and objective information is recorded and signed by the appropriate member of staff.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with individual service users, relatives and carers are maintained by the nursing team. Contribute towards the formulation of care.
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in a Healthcare related subject
- The ability to work with keyworkers to support in the development of service user's plans of care. Implementing interventions as outlined in service user's care plans
- Understanding of the nature of mental health conditions and how they can affect people's day to day life and impact upon recovery
- Take the lead with regards to a number of roles including physical health
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate
- Working knowledge of the Paris/Mobius Clinical Information System
- Knowledge of working with external agencies involved in the care of people with mental health problems
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Practitioner
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Please note this may close early if sufficient number of applications have been received.
Associate Practitioner opportunity on our PICU ward in Basildon Mental Health Unit. Please note you must have done Associate Practitioner or Nursing Associate training or your application will be unfortunately have to be rejected
To work independently and accountably 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 setting.
- To act as a role model to other colleagues within the team.
- Work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians & other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.
- To deliver high quality, effective operational service to people with mental health needs, in accordance with the principles & objective of the Trust and its vision as identified in the service. The job requires the post holder to work flexibly and undertake a change in role at short notice.
- To work collaboratively with others within the new organisation to provide an exemplary level of care to service users and their carers.
- To rotate in taking the lead role i
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