Care Co-ordinator

The Carshalton and Wallington IRH provides excellent recovery focussed client care to the patients it supports. We now have a full-time opportunity for an experienced Band 6 CPN/Care Coordinator to work in the Carshalton and Wallington IRH. The successful applicant should be committed to high quality service provision with knowledge of psychosocial techniques, a desire to drive forward the social inclusion and recovery agendas, and understand and be committed to promoting and leadership, a high standard of patient care.

The Carshalton and Wallington IRH provides a specialist Borough based mental health support and recovery service for adults (18-75) with more complex and longer term needs which, because of their seriousness or complexity, cannot be effectively treated within primary care. Clinical/professional judgement will determine priority for treatment and support. The team works in close partnership with GPs and other key partners, including voluntary organisations. Care is delivered within the framework of the CPA. The team is committed to providing high quality mental health and social care for the local people of Carshalton and Wallington.

You will be part of the multi-disciplinary team, hold a designated caseload and be able to work independently. You will be expected to provide generic healthcare specific assessments. You must have good personal organisational skills, be willing to work flexibly and able to supervise students on placements and Recovery Support Workers.

You should have demonstrable skills of working with people who experience serious mental health problems, experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and experience of assessing and managing crisis for people with a severe mental illness.

A car driver/owner is essential.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.

Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.

Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors. Supporting and teaching junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.

Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Leading and coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation and
developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient ‘de-briefing’ sessions.