Job overview
An exciting and new opportunity has arisen for a Care Coordinator to work within Early Intervention in Psychosis Team in Bolton.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse who has a real passion for providing support at the first episode of psychosis to promote mental and physical heath, wellbeing and recovery.
The purpose of the role is to reduce the stigma associated with psychosis, provide an early intervention to reduce the length of time that people remain undiagnosed and untreated and to offer support and guidance throughout the persons recovery journey.
You will be joining a client centred, dynamic and friendly team, who prides themselves on delivering high quality, evidence-based interventions for those experiencing first episode psychosis.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include providing effective care coordination to an identified caseload of complex service users, ensuring the delivery of evidence based interventions to encourage successful outcomes under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
You will support the wider team in duty and assessment tasks and will demonstrate effective communicate with clients, carers and other internal and external agencies.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
7. fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
8. A qualification in Mental Health Nursing (RMN)
9. Registration with the regulatory body as applicable; NMC
Desirable criteria
10. Evidence of robust continued professional development including training in relevant subjects.
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Demonstrable experience of working with people with psychosis.
Desirable criteria
12. Experience of working with people with complex presentations and high rates of co-morbidity.
13. Experience of work within a multidisciplinary team.
14. Experience of working within a EIT/CMHT setting; managing a caseload of service completing assessments with people who have been referred into the and
Knowledge
Essential criteria
15. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
16. Knowledge and understanding of the Care Program Approach 2008.
17. Knowledge and understanding of The care Act.
18. Knowledge and understanding of NICE Guidelines in relation to First Episode Psychosis.
Desirable criteria
19. An understanding of models and ideas of recovery from mental health problems.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
20. An understanding of models and ideas of recovery from mental health problems.
21. Excellent engagement skills
22. An ability to contain and work with organisational stress
23. Ability to balance and respond to urgent or competing service demands
24. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint.
25. A willingness to be flexible in managing own time to respond to service needs
26. Be able to contribute to the assessment of service users’ health and well-being needs, and to contribute to planning how to meet these needs.
27. Be able to contribute to the planning delivering and monitoring of interventions and treatments including outcome measure assessment tools and audits.
Other requirments
Essential criteria
28. There is a requirement to travel mainly within the Bolton area and an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role.
29. An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
30. An ability to interact effectively with people with mental health difficulties
31. Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.