Care Coordinator Band 5-6 Preceptorship | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization is seeking Band 5 Preceptorship/Band 6 Care Coordinators in Cambridge. The role involves assessing and coordinating care for service users experiencing their first episode of psychosis. You will work autonomously, driving independent outreach and holistic interventions while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. A full UK driving license and vehicle are essential. This position closes on December 8, 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience with mental health and psychosis care.
• Full UK driving license and vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Assess adults undergoing their first psychotic episode.
• Outreach to engage difficult-to-reach service users.
• Coordinate ongoing care within the CPA framework.
• Provide holistic interventions relevant to first episode clients.

Skills

Strong team ethic

Ability to work under pressure

Desire for innovation

Education

Relevant qualification in Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy

Job description

Location & Overview

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 looking 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.

They will work autonomously and are responsible for a defined caseload of service users. The ideal candidate will have a strong team ethic, sense of accountability, ability to work under pressure and a desire for innovation.

Key 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 signposting 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.

Requirements & Conditions

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.

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.

About CAMEO

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 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 Research & Development.

This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025.