Job Overview
The PIER (Psychosis Intervention Early Recovery) team are a reasonably large team that serve Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland aged between 14 - 65 years old, as the name suggests the team supports those that are experiencing their first episode of Psychosis.
Psychosis can be a very distressing and worrying for those that experience it, it also has an impact on those who support and care for these affected, the team is designed to provide intensive support to service users and their families / carers for up to 3 years.
As a Senior Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload usually between 15 and 20 service users, you will work closely with the other disciplines within the team, such as, Medical, Psychological therapies, Psychology, Support staff, admin and other care Coordinators, the PIER team also link in with other NHS services as well as those in other statutory services and the voluntary sector.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work autonomously, taking responsibility for care, quality, and clinical activity for a designated caseload of service users
To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality: Patient safety, the effectiveness of all health care interventions, patient experience, the environment in which care is delivered, to participate in the effective clinical leadership of the team.
To actively contribute to the improvement of service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of service users, service users and their families, to act as role model and participate in the education, development, and mentorship of other staff.
To work collaborate with other clinicians and within with wider health, social care and voluntary sector communities as appropriate and promote the role of the Mental Health Practitioner to all stakeholders.
To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external partnerships and between all stakeholders.
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.