Care Coordinator Career Development Post | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1PR |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7245166/310-ASMH-7245166 |
Summary
The service supports working-age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The teams offer support in a number of ways, drawing from the expertise of such a variety of disciplines.
We are looking to recruit two full time Care Coordinators to join our Adult Locality Team. To be right for this job:
You have a degree or relevant professional registration as a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social worker and will be an active member of a dynamic, highly motivated, skilled and creative team.
You will be working in a supportive environment that values your supervision and professional development
You will have a voice and role to play in service development
You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of diverse service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery based relationship.
Recovery principles are embedded in the work of the locality teams and we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.
This post is available as a B6 to experienced practitioners or a B5 development post to someone newly qualified or completing their training.
For B5, you will gain experience of working within Adult Locality Team and once the identified competencies have been met you will be able to progress to a Band 6. However, if you and your mentor feel a longer period is required that can be agreed.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
You will be working within the Multi-Disciplinary adult locality team and alongside our community team colleagues and ward-based colleagues.
For the B5 development role, you will manage a caseload under the supervision of a Band 6 or above Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner, until you are able to progress to a Band 6. Once a Band 6 you will manage your own caseload, but as with everyone in the Adult Locality Team you will be supported.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, but also be able to work autonomously. This post is open to professionals, including newly qualified practitioners who meet the essential criteria. As it is a developmental role there will be opportunities to learn and develop and build upon your existing knowledge and experience base.
For newly qualified RNMH there will be an expectation to undertake a Preceptorship programme / Aspiring Band 6 Development Programme.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
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.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• To undertake assessment of individuals and their families/carers accessing the service with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.
• To develop alongside the service user, their care plan.
• To offer specialist professional assessment and advice where required.
• To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
• To regularly review risk factors and make changed to the management of them as necessary.
• To work using assertive outreach approaches to engage the service user and their families.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
• To act within the professional code of conduct at all times.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025