Job overview
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Assertive Outreach Team. This fantastic opportunity will enable you to take part in the roll out and development of our new county-wide service, with two bases one in Peterborough to cover the North of the county and one in Cambridge to cover the South of the county.
Our Assertive Outreach team will work in collaboration with our existing CPFT services to support the patients with the most complex and severe needs. In this role you will provide clinical nursing expertise within an MDT. The service will carry a small caseload to enable intensive community-based mental health care to patients with complex mental health needs who struggle to engage with traditional services.
We are looking for experienced clinicians with an interest in working in an innovative and developing service. This role will provide a fantastic development opportunity for a clinician looking to further develop their clinical management skills or someone with an interest in moving into a management role in the future.
Main duties of the job
- To provide clinical nursing expertise to the Assertive Outreach team.
- Working clinically with those patients under the care of the team and working together with wider Cambridge and Peterborough health and social care system partners to best meet the needs of all those in our population with potential AO needs.
- To provide intensive, community -based mental health care to patients with complex mental health needs who struggle to engage with traditional services.
- To deputise for the Team Leader across the full range of management responsibilities, including the performance review of junior staff.
- To take on the role of care co-ordinator for patients and provide leadership to support others, to ensure that full assessment of individual nursing care needs is undertaken, that care is planned, implemented and reviewed on a regular basis.
- To act as a role model and promote effective teamwork across the service to meet individual patient’s needs.
- To ensure that the CPA / DIALOGUE +and Mental Health Act is adhered to at all times, and to work within the boundaries set out by the Trust’ Policies and Procedures and NMC.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
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