Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Case Manager
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 310-CORP-7811217
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Elizabeth House
- Town
- Fulbourn
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Secure Case Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
As a Case Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service to ensure safe and effective care pathways are in place for all service users from their hub in specialised mental health care settings, within the NHS and Independent sectors.
To provide clinical support to the specialist commissioners in relation to the defined population, this will include projected mapping of future service use, identification of users for future service provision, planning in terms of future service needs.
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service the role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
Please note for this role you will need the ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict time deadlines.
Main duties of the job
- Improving quality and outcomes
- Enabling clinical leadership
- Enabling patient and public involvement
- Promoting equality and reducing inequalities
- Partnership and cross boundary working
- Leadership for transformational change
- Using insight and evidence for improvement
- Developing an excellent organisation
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and 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.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• To provide clinical assurance of the quality of the care provided by specialised services within the Hub.
• Supporting the team in the assurance of specialised services compliance to applicable specification and guidance.
• The post-holder will provide the link with Clinical Commissioning Groups and their commissioned services within the Hub to ensure there is a co-ordinated approach to care and discharge planning, which results in robust and effective care packages.
• Managing individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved
• To take action in respect of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures as required
• To ensure that clinical leadership is central to the delivery of all NHS Commissioning Board activities
• To work collaboratively across the NHS England matrix, including integrating the National Director’s portfolio with the Domain Leads.
• To participate in clinical/professional supervision
Enabling patient and public involvement
• To act as a champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and service users.
• To ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard
• Ensure services have mechanisms in place for patient and carer involvement in their care plans
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered health or social care professional
- Possesses a relevant additional professional qualification e.g Diploma, Masters level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area - Adult Secure services.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas- Adult Secure Services acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of Mental Health Services.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Case management skills, focussing on the needs of the individual and the context of their pathway in relation to all clinical and legal processes
- High-level management skills, able to perform to high level in clinical setting, holding services to account and ensuring effective use of NHS England resources.
- Development and maintenance of therapeutic alliance with service users and their families /carers
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable criteria
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Desirable criteria
- Used to working in a busy environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Aleksandra Kalatuhina
- Job title
- Administration and Communication lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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