Care Coordinator Career Development Post (Band 5/6) - Cambridge Adult Locality Team - Cambridge[...]

Care Coordinator Career Development Post

Band 5/6

Main area Cambridge Adult Locality Team Grade Band 5/6 Contract Permanent: Band 5 with built in progression to a band 6 upon completion of agreed competencies Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 310-ASMH-7245166

Site Cambridge Adult Locality Team Town Chesterton, Cambridge Salary £31,049 – £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/07/2025 23:59

Job overview

The service supports working-age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The teams offer support in a number of ways, drawing from the expertise of such a variety of disciplines.

We are looking to recruit two full time Care Coordinators to join our Adult Locality Team. To be right for this job:

You have a degree or relevant professional registration as a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social worker and will be an active member of a dynamic, highly motivated, skilled and creative team.

You will be working in a supportive environment that values your supervision and professional development

You will have a voice and role to play in service development

You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of diverse service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery based relationship.

Recovery principles are embedded in the work of the locality teams and we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.

This post is available as a B6 to experienced practitioners or a B5 development post to someone newly qualified or completing their training.

For B5, you will gain experience of working within Adult Locality Team and once the identified competencies have been met you will be able to progress to a Band 6. However, if you and your mentor feel a longer period is required that can be agreed.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

You will be working within the Multi-Disciplinary adult locality team and alongside our community team colleagues and ward-based colleagues.

For the B5 development role, you will manage a caseload under the supervision of a Band 6 or above Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner, until you are able to progress to a Band 6. Once a Band 6 you will manage your own caseload, but as with everyone in the Adult Locality Team you will be supported.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, but also be able to work autonomously. This post is open to professionals, including newly qualified practitioners who meet the essential criteria. As it is a developmental role there will be opportunities to learn and develop and build upon your existing knowledge and experience base.

For newly qualified RNMH there will be an expectation to undertake a Preceptorship programme / Aspiring Band 6 Development Programme.

*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To undertake assessment of individuals and their families/carers accessing the service with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.
• To develop alongside the service user, their care plan.
• To offer specialist professional assessment and advice where required.
• To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
• To regularly review risk factors and make changed to the management of them as necessary.
• To work using assertive outreach approaches to engage the service user and their families.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
• To act within the professional code of conduct at all times.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH), OT or Social Worker
• NMC or HPC registration
• Evidence of continued training and professional development
• Evidence of training appropriate to adult mental health care

Experience

• Completion of nurse training program/ OT or Social work program
• Willingness to undertake Preceptorship program (for newly qualified RMN)
• Demonstrate knowledge of working with people adults within secondary care mental health services.
• Demonstrate knowledge of working with service users experiencing a crisis related to their mental health.
• Evidence of continuing professional practice within a mental health setting
• Experience of managing workload and ability to prioritise
• Experience of working with adult service users, their families and carers
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of Care Coordination

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skills in working with others within a multi-disciplinary team under supervision
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
• Advanced keyboard and computer skills
• Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients
• Skills in undertaking clinical assessments / baseline mental health assessment
• Skills in risk assessment and management
• Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions and ask for advice appropriately
• Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Knowledge of and interest in serious mental health problems and an understanding of the impact this can have on people’s lives.
• Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice. (A/I)
• Knowledge of the issues around social inclusion for mental health services users
• Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of effective clinical practice
• Knowledge of race and gender issues as they pertain to people with serious mental health problems

Physical Requirements

• Physically be able to undertake a demanding role safely, as and when required

Other

• Ability to undertake travel independently to different locations in an efficient and timely manner
• Professional and smart manner / appearance
• Be adaptable and work with change

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Heather Beattie-Yakub Job title Operational Lead Email address Heather.Beattie-Yakub@cpft.nhs.uk Additional information

Dean Chipps – dean.chipps@cpft.nhs.uk (Clinical Lead – Nurse)

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