Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Medicine and Older Adults Operatonial Directorate
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-6241932
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lambeth Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum Inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Care Coordinator (Community Psychiatric Nurse/Occupational Therapist)
Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) providing home based assessment and mental health treatment to Older Adults (over the age of 65) residing in the borough of Lambeth.
The team is multidisciplinary in nature with a variety of professionals including Community Psychiatric Nurse's, Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Clinical Support Workers and are co-located with a specialised older adult mental health social work team. The Lambeth Older Adults CMHT is dynamic and has a supportive culture and recently in recent staff surveys were identified as one of the most engaged teams across the Trust.
We offer culturally informed assessment and treatment within a biopsychosocial model to people (and their families/carers) with a range of different mental health needs, including:
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety and stress
- Dementia or memory loss - we also work with people under age of 65 with progressive memory problems
- Other mental health problems to do with mood or mental well-being which may affect daily living.
We are looking for a dynamic Community Psychiatric Nurse or Occupational Therapist to join our team as a care coordinator. Although the role is largely care coordination there is scope for discipline specific roles, tasks and development.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Lambeth CMHT for a Community Psychiatric Nurse or Occupational Therapist.
You will manage a caseload of clients with complex mental health needs as part of the Care Program Approach (CPA) as well as support our duty and triage function.
The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as part of the dynamic team, and be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with clients and/or carers that aim to guide service users towards reaching an optimum level of functioning and support them to maintain good mental health.
Working for our organisation
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What this post can offer:
- An opportunity to develop your specialist skills in older adult mental health and dementia.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team who work closely to provide safe and effective treatment.
- An opportunity to work with clients in a variety of community based settings.
- Professional supervision and support provided by the Clinical Nurse Specialist and operational supervision provided by the Team Manager
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse or registered Occupational Therapist
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent experience mentoring students
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Master’s degree
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
- Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
- Experience working in a MDT setting
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant Clinical Experience
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
- Understanding of Care Co- ordination under CPA
- Experience working with older adults
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing caseload
- Experience of working in the community
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems
- Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caleb Byrt
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032288300
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