Care Coordinator Band 6

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Care Coordinator for their Early Intervention in Psychosis service. You will work with young adults, offering tailored care aimed at promoting mental well-being. Applicants must have professional registration as a mental health nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker. The role emphasizes teamwork, development opportunities, and salary ranging from £44,485 to £52,521 annually.

Benefits

Flexible working

Family Intervention training

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training

Monthly supervision sessions

Career mapping and development programmes

Qualifications

• Must have current professional registration.
• Experience working with Psychosis is essential.
• Ability to supervise students and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Care coordinate a caseload of 14-35-year-old patients.
• Conduct risk assessments and safety plans.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Engagement skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Risk assessment and management

Counselling skills

Education

Current Professional Registration as RMN/OT/Social Worker

Post registration training and CPD

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Care Coordinator Band 6

The closing date is 20 November 2025.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a professional to join our close-knit team, here in the Harrow and Hillingdon Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service.

You will work with children and adults between the ages of 14 to 35 who present to mental health services with a presentation of First Episode of Psychosis (FEP). You will be providing tailored and bespoke packages of care that promote mental well-being, a recovery focused approach and a range of interventions in order to facilitate this.

At CNWL we are fully committed and proud to develop our own workforce through training and development opportunities and this post is no different.

If you are an enthusiastic RMN, Social Worker or OT who is keen to try and upskill themselves and advance into becoming a more established community practitioner then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The role requires you to care coordinate a varied caseload to patients between the ages of 14-35. You will require excellent engagement skills, demonstrating an anti-oppressive and enabling approach to co-production with your patients. You should be skilled in assessing mental health, creating risk assessments, safety plans and crisis and contingency plans.

Our EIP Practitioners are specially trained and committed to using these skills to offer nursing which is centred around working with an individual's strengths in order to maximise autonomy and to deliver NICE concordant care for First Episode Psychosis.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of our benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance, in addition to assurances around training and development. We can offer;

• Flexible working with the opportunity for working from home
• Our highly successful 6-months Family Intervention training which upon completion will allow you to co-facilitate Family Therapy sessions within the team
• Opportunities to train in delivering CBTp (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis)
• Monthly Reflective Practice sessions allowing you the opportunity to share your learning and reflect on your experiences with your colleagues
• Monthly supervision sessions focussed on your development into this role
• Opportunities to shadow our wide-ranging, specialised services with the Trust such as perinatal services, prison services, HTT, CMHT and many more
• Career mapping and development programmes

Job responsibilities

See attached JD and PS

The Harrow and Hillingdon EIP service prides itself on working as a team, ensuring that the bio-psycho-social model is utilised to the fullest with input and support from our strong multi-disciplinary team; Consultants, Speciality Doctor, Psychologists, Employment Specialist, Admins, Nurses, Social workers, Occupational therapist, Activity Coordinators and Peer-Support Worker.

If you want to make a difference to those experiencing their first episode in psychosis and be a part of their recovery journey then we want to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current Professional Registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
• Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
• CBTp, Family intervention, AMHP
• Other relevant training, eg substance misuse, work with adolescents.

Experience

• Experience working with Psychosis
• Experience with working with young adolescence between the ages of 14-18yrs
• Working with families
• Supervision of students and junior staff.

Knowledge and Skills

• IT Skills
• Skills in risk assessment and management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including report writing and presentation
• Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
• Basic counselling and group work skills.
• Knowledge of Dual diagnosis/substance misuse

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a year per annum (pro rata P/T) inc HCAS