Care Coordinator Band 5-6 Preceptorship

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Town Of Cambridge; Hybrid; AUD 57,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health organization in Australia is seeking a Care Coordinator to provide specialist advice and care for individuals experiencing their first psychotic episodes. The successful candidate will work autonomously within a dedicated team, participating in assessments, developing recovery-focused care plans, and engaging with service users. This role requires excellent communication skills, organizational abilities, and a willingness to work flexibly to meet service needs. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Completion of nurse training programme.
• Evidence of continued training and professional development.
• Knowledge of working with people experiencing psychosis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments for service users undergoing a first psychotic episode.
• Work collaboratively to develop care plans.
• Provide holistic interventions relevant to first episode clients.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Crisis management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse Mental Health

NMC registration

Job description

Care Coordinator Band 5-6 Preceptorship

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 December 2025

CAMEO operates across our Foundation Trust via two established bases in Cambridge and Peterborough.

This post will be located in the dynamic city of Cambridge in a dedicated Early Intervention Team. We are seeking to recruit dynamic and enthusiastic Band 5 Preceptorship /Band 6 Care Coordinators: Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists. The practitioner will provide specialist advice, assess, plan and implement care to a designated caseload whilst working at all times to promote the safety and well‑being of service users and their families/carers.

The individual must be compassionate, committed and have good working knowledge of psychosis. If you are passionate about the values that underpin EI work and in supporting service users throughout their recovery journeys, then we look forward to meeting you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner and responsible for a defined caseload of service users.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team‑work ethic, sense of accountability, and an ability to work under pressure with a desire for innovation.

We are able to support agile working for staff, using all appropriate I.T equipment and support.

To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.

They will work alongside the service user to develop their care plan along the recovery principles.

To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.

To assess, manage and regularly review on‑going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.

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 (mentorship and preceptorship qualifications).

To act within the relevant Code of Conduct dependent on your Registration Body.

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 & well‑being 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 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.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Assessment: To be responsible for the assessment of newly referred adults who may be undergoing their first psychotic episode. To work with diagnostic uncertainty, providing ongoing comprehensive assessment and outcome monitoring of all caseload service users. To identify and assess for any physical health needs and facilitate any ongoing interventions and/or sign‑posting required. To formulate integrated needs assessments for service users requiring commissioned services and to monitor care packages as directed. To undertake risk assessments regularly, in liaison with all other health professionals and agencies involved. To ensure that risk assessments are regularly updated, are meaningful and are reflected in care plans.
• Engagement: To assertively outreach difficult to engage service users. To meet service users regularly, to respond flexibly when agreeing venue, such as home visit, team base, education, work or recreational establishment to assist with engagement & encourage participation in treatment delivery as well as facilitating independence.
• Support: To provide on‑going care co‑ordination within the CPA framework of a designated caseload of service users who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. To ensure that the Trust and Social Services CPA and Care Management protocols are followed and standards met. To provide support and advice in relation to service users regarding the issues concerning them. To work collaboratively with service users focusing on a recovery approach. Provide information to help service users make an informed choice about opportunities and services available to them and to then assist clients to obtain the required services, support and entitlement.
• Interventions: To provide holistic interventions relevant to a first episode client group. To ensure all interventions are age appropriate and that care is sensitive to the cultural needs of ethnic minority service users. To adopt a client centred approach embodied with the principles of the recovery model that respects the individuals dignity, wishes and beliefs. To provide low intensity CBT and Mindfulness interventions under supervision. To provide psychoeducation to services users. To co‑facilitate, where agreed, therapeutic groups with a focus on service user rehabilitation reintegration and social inclusion.
• Families and Carers: To involve families and carers in treatment plans where appropriate. This may require direct Family Intervention work. Ensuring services are provided within guidance of the Children & Families' Act and Care Act. To ensure that the needs of carers are assessed, and the care services are offered as necessary. To provide families and carers with psychoeducation.
• MDT Working: To work in co‑operation with members of the multi‑disciplinary team and all other relevant health and social care professionals to assess, develop, implement and evaluate high quality packages of client‑centred care. To form productive relationships with in‑patient services to facilitate safe and effective discharges. To facilitate the transfer of those service users who require transfer across teams and for those who fulfil the criteria for discharge back to Primary Care. To maintain and develop liaison with GPs and practice nurses. To participate in Mental Health Act Assessments of service users that you are responsible for as appropriate. To participate in all clinical meetings. To keep the Team Manager informed of any situation concerning service user or staff health and safety as necessary.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH) o Completion of nurse training programme
• NMC registration.
• Evidence of continued training and professional development

Experience

• Willingness to undertake Preceptorship program (for newly qualified RMN)
• Demonstrate knowledge of working with people experiencing psychosis
• Demonstrate knowledge of working with service users experiencing a crisis related to their mental health.
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience and knowledge of dual diagnosis/substance misuse
• Lived experience of mental health

Skills & Abilities

• Skills in undertaking clinical assessments / baseline mental health assessment
• Skills in risk assessment and management
• Skills in crisis management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skills in working with others within a multi‑disciplinary team under supervision
• Good organisational skills

Knowledge and Understanding

• Knowledge of and interest in Early Intervention Service research and the impact psychosis can have on people’s lives.
• Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as applicable.

Other

• Ability to travel across sites

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.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£28,407 to £42,618 a yearper annum, pro rata