Job summary
The Dual Diagnosis and Outreach Team (DDOT) was created with Community Mental Health Transformation funding in 2021 to improve access to mental health services for clients with serious mental illness and multiple, complex needs who struggle to gain access to mental health services via more formal routes.
The DDOT is a small team with a clinical lead, a senior nurse and 2 support workers. The team are an outreach arm of the Primary Care Mental Health Service (PCMHS) which works closely with GPs to ensure that people can access appropriate mental health care.
The DDOT are based in the Peterborough Town Hall but most of their work is out and about in Peterborough, joining the Rough Sleeper Outreach team for their shifts on the streets, mingling with staff and clients in the Garden House, the local drop-in centre for rough sleepers, or at the headquarters for Aspire which provides support for those clients with addictions to drugs and alcohol.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be joining a vibrant and well-integrated community of services who work well together and who are passionate about their work. They will also be joining at a time when services for people with severe multiple disadvantages are expanding.
The opportunities for career progression are also numerous with a significant number of senior nursing posts built into the new Peterborough Stepped Care Model. We are introducing more senior nursing roles because we want to promote a wealth of clinical experience in CPFT to promote clinical excellence and better patient care throughout Peterborough.
The Clinical Lead role will deliver clinical supervision and leadership, undertaking complex assessments and liaising with partner agencies. The clinical lead role will assist in developing the team and offering training sessions to our partner agency colleagues. There will also be opportunities to learn from the regular MDT clinical meetings with the PCMHS and training and case discussion sessions with the senior Lead Nurse Specialist for Personality Disorder and the Lead Primary Care Psychologist.
Successful applicants will need to demonstrate strong clinical leadership skills and demonstrable commitment and enthusiasm for working with this client group. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a busy and innovative team on a pilot whose aim is to enhance the chances of local people achieving and maintaining optimal mental health within Peterborough.
About us
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 setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical 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.
Benefits of working for CPFT include:
* Annual leave allowance 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on NHS service)
* Pension scheme
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Staff discounts schemes
* Professional development via the CPFT Academy which provides in-house training programs
* Stress awareness training
* Mindfulness training
* Counselling service
Date posted: 27 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 310-MASMH-6884470-A
Job responsibilities
* Undertake mental health assessments in regard to referrals from the Dual Diagnosis referral hub and PCMHS.
* To develop a close relationship with Aspire, the Garden House and primary care colleagues attending regular interface meetings and having informal contact.
* To provide clinical leadership and expertise to the DDOT and wider system.
* To triage all referrals and enquiries to DDOT, and to allocate cases/interventions accordingly within the team, clinically taking a lead in more complex cases.
* To maintain an oversight of DDOT patients in the GPN and to work with existing MH services to navigate and promote better access to care.
* Sign post to appropriate services and if required detail out a support plan for the DDOT B4 roles to complete.
* To support the progress of integrating the DDOT team, providing required reports, statistical and qualitative information alongside PMCHS.
* Liaise and work in partnership with agencies supporting individuals with housing and substance use issues.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential:
* Relevant professional qualification e.g., Dip OT, Dip SW, RMN
* Experience of working in a mental health care setting
* Experience in the delivery of short term, focussed evidence-based intervention
* Experience of working with mental health service users in a statutory or voluntary capacity
* Further qualification in mental health related to dual diagnosis or equivalent experience
Desirable:
* Non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential:
* Receptive to and able to use clinical supervision appropriately
* Understanding of and experience of working in dual diagnosis, substance misuse and homelessness
* Able to integrate and work within a team
* Able to work on own initiative, adaptable whilst recognising own limits
* Experience of developing services / project work
* Ability and confidence to build and maintain relationships and credibility with a wide variety of stakeholders at different levels
Desirable:
* Understanding of mental health issues in a primary care setting
* Understanding of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and other Therapeutic approaches
* Lived experience of mental health
Skills & Abilities
Essential:
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
* IT literacy
* Time management ability
* Presentation skills
* Good organisational ability
Desirable:
* Demonstrated clinical experience relevant to senior role.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential:
* Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health and mental health problems in a primary care setting
* Knowledge of substance misuse issues
* Knowledge of research methods and audit relevant to the job
* Interest in developing knowledge base and skills relating to the provision of high quality primary mental health care
Physical Requirements
Essential:
* Ability to get between community sites efficiently and travel to locations independently in locations that may be rural across the county
Desirable:
* Able to work flexibly to fulfil service requirements including evening work, if required
* The post may entail access to environments that are not adapted to the needs of the people with physical disabilities
Other
Essential:
* Commitment to ongoing training and development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address: DDOT office base, 17 Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HJ
Employer's website: https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/
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