Nurse Practitioner

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Main area Children with Learning Disabilities Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

Site Holmer Court Town Colchester Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 06/11/2026

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

The Children's Learning Disability Service provides support to children and young people between the ages of 5-18 years who have a learning disability (falling within the moderate to severe range) and who display behaviours which challenge their support network or which impact on their quality of life.

We are currently seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse to join our established team of Nursing and Occupational Therapists.

The team is operational across Essex, Southend and Thurrock, and is divided into two sub-teams, providing localised support and interventions. This vacancy is for the North and Mid Essex Team.

The successful candidate will confidently deliver short term assessments and interventions, with the aim of supporting children and their families to thrive within their communities.

A range of evidence based assessments and interventions will be offered based on need, but will include Functional Assessments of Behaviour, Sensory Assessments and Sleep Assessments, as well as the delivery of direct work including bespoke Relationships and Sex Education, and person centred Emotional Wellbeing interventions.

• Under the guidance of the team’s Clinical Lead, the appointee is responsible for managing a defined caseload of children with behavioural difficulties associated with…