Care Coordinator | Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our specialist service for people experiencing a first episode of psychosis as a Community Psychiatric Nurse/ Care Coordinator. You will be joining a client centred, dynamic and friendly multi-disciplinary team, who prides themselves on delivering high quality, evidence-based interventions for those experiencing first episode psychosis.

The purpose of the role of a care coordinator with the team 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.

• Reduce the stigma associated with psychosis.
• Improve awareness of the symptoms of psychosis and the need for early assessment.
• Reduce the length of time young people remain undiagnosed and untreated.
• Develop meaningful engagement, provide evidence-based interventions and promote recovery during the early stage of illness.
• Increase stability in the lives of service users, facilitate development and personal fulfilment.
• Provide a user-led service, i.e. a seamless service available that effectively integrates child, adolescent and adult mental health services and works in partnership with primary care, education, social services, youth and other services.
• Ensure that care is transferred thoughtfully and effectively at the end of involvement.

• To achieve this you will be part of the MDT, holding a varied caseload of service users between the ages of 14 - 65 years old, you will be part of the duty and assessment rota, attend relevant meetings and demonstrate great communication and team work.
• To utilise highly developed interpersonal skills including specific skills to facilitate effective communication when there are barriers to understanding e.g. sensory or cognitive impairment or in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive situation.
• To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, and other health care workers and numerous external agencies.
• To establish and maintain good working relationships with GPs, GP commissioner's and relevant consortia.
• To promote awareness of the role of EIT within local service area/team, GP practices and the wider community.

• To complete specialist assessments for referred service users accepted into the service when required.
• Be a full member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• To maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with relevant professional code of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
• To have knowledge of and contribute to the team adherence to the NHS England Access and Waiting Time Standards for EIP.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professionals on acute and chronic aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• To liaise professionally and sensitively with other involved parties to provide seamless and consistent high-quality care for service users under care of the team. This includes, but is not limited to; carers, families, internal and external colleagues, and voluntary services as appropriate.
• To hold and manage a caseload of service users who have been identified as experiencing their first episode of psychosis, including care planning and delivering psychosocial interventions.
• To have a good knowledge of the required documentation for case management, and to ensure compliance with any associated performance standards.
• To undertake and record comprehensive risk assessment, devise and implement risk assessment plans for service users at risk of vulnerability, self-harm, self-neglect, or risk of physical, sexual, emotional harm to others, using the CRASP risk assessment tool.
• To be aware of and adhere to responsibilities for people under CPA, including offering/arranging carers support.
• To be aware of and adhere to the NICE guidelines for first episode psychosis.
• To manage discharges from the service and transfers to other services as appropriate for service users who have reached the end of their time with the service.
• To work as part of our integrated MDT, and to participate in a clinical decision-making process to determine the most appropriate management plans for all service users who are under the care of the team.
• To provide advice, guidance and consultation to peer and junior professionals within the service, both individually, and by attendance at team referral and review meetings.
• To participate in the duty/assessment rota operated by the Early Intervention Team.

• The post holder will receive regular clinical and managerial supervision.
• The post holder is expected to remain informed of current research and…