Main area Administrator Grade Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 18.75 hours per week (2.5 days a week split over 5 days - this can be flexible)
Job ref: 310-CORP-6758845
Employer: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Fulbourn Hospital
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
CYPMH Case Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
East of England Provider Collaborative
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to host a new commissioning team to support the new East of England Provider Collaborative (EoEPC). The new team will deliver improvements in care for people using specialist mental health services across the East of England region.
The initiative is underpinned by the principles of prevention, early intervention, community-based provision, and least restrictive practice.
The EoEPC supports a population of over six million people, delivering specialist mental health and learning disability services.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who holds patient experience as central to their practice as a registered mental health professional.
The vital role of a Case Manager within the East of England Provider Collaborative encompasses both Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement, ensuring that the care received by Children and Young People in the East of England throughout their journeys through specialist inpatient units is of high quality.
We are looking for an engaging, enthusiastic, and experienced CYPMH practitioner who can build robust relationships with people, and friends and family of people who have been admitted into Tier 4 Services and with various other stakeholders in both statutory and non-statutory organisations.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & 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, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. 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 across the East of England in specialised mental health care settings, within the NHS and Independent sectors.
2. 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.
3. The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service delivery, building a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
Due to the role being across the East of England, the nominated base can be negotiable.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered health or social care professional.
* Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
* Possess a relevant additional professional qualification e.g., Diploma, Masters level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Experience
* Extensive knowledge of specialist areas- CAMHS, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
* Lived experience of Mental Health Services.
Skills & Abilities
* High-level management skills, able to perform to a high level in a clinical setting, holding services to account and ensuring effective use of NHS England resources.
* Case management skills, focusing on the needs of the individual and the context of their pathway in relation to all clinical and legal processes.
* High-level communication skills across a range of agency and professional boundaries at a national level.
* Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
* Detailed knowledge of legal issues pertaining to the specialist service, including MHA 1983, aftercare under supervision.
* Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
* Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Other
* Must be able to drive.
* Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
* Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
* Used to working in a busy environment.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), we are dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research.
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
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