Early Intervention Team Manager - Coventry

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker to manage the well established Coventry Early Intervention in Psychosis team. This is a Band 7 role and you will be based at Swanswell Point in Coventry. You would be working in a fully-staffed team which has a good reputation for its friendly and welcoming team and will be working alongside mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, peer support workers, consultant psychiatrists, CBT and EMDR therapists and clinical psychologists as well as a very supportive and experienced team admin., The successful applicant will manage a team to ensure that patients under the team are offered holistic care in line with the EIT Access and Waiting Time Standards. This will include ensuring that members of the team offer psycho-education, staying well planning and early warning signs work. They will ensure that team are offering patients NICE recommended treatments including Behavioural Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Carer’s Education and Employment support from IPS Rethink.

You will offer clinical and managerial supervision to members of the team and be present in MDT meetings aswell as supporting with professionals and safeguarding meetings. You will also attend the trust-wide meetings and disseminate any key information back to the team.

You will need excellent communication and networking skills as you will be working with the South Warwickshire and North Warwickshire Teams on service development, quality assurance and governance initiatives and auditing including the NCAP and EIPN. You will also be involved in working towards gaining accreditation for the team by looking at recommendations that have been made from our recent Royal College of Psychiatrist Early Intervention in Psychosis Network peer developmental review.

You will also be expected to carry out duties as per the job description.

Experience in working in the community and/or urgent care is desirable.

Working for our organisation

Our Vision: To become an innovative, forward-thinking, and inclusive teaching organisation, enabling us to provide consistently high quality, safe, and compassionate care.

At CWPT we care for you as much as you care for others, and we offer a wide range of support services to promote staff wellbeing and a good work-life balance. We would where possible consider part-time and flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working.

We know our staff are our greatest asset which is why we invest in training and development opportunities, and our leadership teams are dedicated to continuous professional and personal development.

By joining CWPT you will be a part of an innovative team, who are committed to transforming services to better support people who are experiencing psychosis.

It is essential that candidates have an interest in ensuring that the Access and Waiting Time Standards for Early Intervention in Psychosis are adhered to and that the candidate has substantial experience of working with people who have experienced a psychotic episode and with their families.

You are required to hold a current professional registration with either the NMC as a registered nurse or the HCPC as a registered Occupational Therapist or Social Worker. We will not accept applicants from those without a core profession, The successful applicant will manage a team to ensure that patients under the team are offered holistic care in line with the EIT Access and Waiting Time Standards. This will include ensuring that members of the team offer psycho-education, staying well planning and early warning signs work. They will ensure that team are offering patients NICE recommended treatments including Behavioural Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Carer’s Education and Employment support from IPS Rethink.

You will offer clinical and managerial supervision to members of the team and be present in MDT meetings aswell as supporting with professionals and safeguarding meetings. You will also attend the trust-wide meetings and disseminate any key information back to the team.

You will need excellent communication and networking skills as you will be working with the South Warwickshire and North Warwickshire Teams on service development, quality assurance and governance initiatives and auditing including the NCAP and EIPN. You will also be involved in working towards gaining accreditation for the team by looking at recommendations that have been made from our recent Royal College of Psychiatrist Early Intervention in Psychosis Network peer developmental review.

You will also be expected to carry out duties as per the job description., The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

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We are looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of people experiencing psychosis in our Early Intervention in Psychosis team., Experience in working in the community and/or urgent care is desirable.

The ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area is essential as is the ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group.

You will need to have excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills and will be expected to demonstrate your ability to work within a team. You will be expected to supervise support staff and students. The post is subject to DBS clearance.