Care Coordinator - Early Intervention in Psychosis

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Care Coordinator for Early Intervention in Psychosis in the Cambridge area. The post is suitable for mental health nurses, social workers or occupational therapists with strong psychosis knowledge and a passion for the EI ethos.

You will assess, plan and deliver bespoke care to a designated caseload, working with service users, families and networks.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with registration and appropriate job role.
• Mentorship/ENB or equivalent planned/completed.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments of individuals and families in designated care group with complex health presentations and risk.
• Develop care plans with service users based on recovery principles.
• Offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
• Assess and manage ongoing risks in collaboration with service users and carers.
• Ensure clinical practice aligns with NICE guidelines and Trust policies.
• Provide supervision to junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

Skills

Written and spoken communication

Negotiation skills

Professional relationships

Therapeutic relationships

Multitasking under stress

Partnership working

Equality and human rights

Assessment of conditions

Stakeholder collaboration

Planning and organising

Education

Registered health professional registration (MH/LD/Adult)

Mentorship course or ENB equivalent

Evidence of CPD

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Care Coordinator - Early Intervention in Psychosis

The closing date is 16 November 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated and dynamic mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with an excellent knowledge of psychosis, and a passion for the Early intervention ethos.

CAMEO, the award winning weekday service, operates across the Cambridgeshire county with bases in the busy cities of Peterborough and Cambridge.

This post will be located in the multi-cultural city of Cambridge, where we are seeking to recruit highly trained and hard working Band 6 care coordinators.

The successful practitioner will provide specialist advice, be able to assess and plan bespoke care to a designated caseload, whilst working within the Early intervention ethos. They will ensure the safety and wellbeing of our service users and their families/carers through the family intervention models.

If you are compassionate, committed to mental health, with a good working knowledge of psychosis, displaying a passion for the values that underpin E.I. work and look to support

Main duties of the job

We are an age inclusive Early intervention in Psychosis team, working with patients between the ages of 14 - 65 experiencing their first episode of psychosis.We are:

• A multi-disciplinary team including mental health nurses, social workers, OTs, doctors, support workers, psychologists, and CBTp therapists.
• Supportive, and evidence based, working in a holistic and whole team approach.
• Work alongside the AHP Clinical Placements and Capacity Expansion Lead to provide support to AHP learners/supervisors/ assessors in practice across the non-medical professions.
• Following the EI ethos, promoting hope and recovery, and working collaboratively with our clients their families, and networks.

About us

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 for new employees to CPFT 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.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

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

• 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
• To 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

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.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role OR, Registered Social Worker OR, Registered OT.
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience in working with those presenting with serious mental illness
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems.
• Experience of managing a complexed and challenging caseloads.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to develop effective professional relationships with others
• Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
• The ability to multi-task and adapt quickly to stressful and unpredictable situations.
• Participate in Partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.
• Promote people's equality, diversity and human rights.
• Skills of assessing and interpreting service user conditions with appropriate actions.
• Ability to work in partnership with key stakeholders
• Plan and organise complex activities or programmes requiring formulation and review

Physical Requirements

• Ability to use manual handling techniques.
• Energy to work with younger and older people.
• Monitor and maintain the health and safety of self and others in the working area.

Other

• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust, especially the young person and their family's specific needs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role.

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