Care Coordinator Early Intervention in Psychosis Team

Transformation Unit; Leigh; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Leigh is seeking a Band 6 Care Coordinator for the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. The post supports individuals aged 14–65 with First Episode psychosis, working within an integrated multidisciplinary team to co-ordinate timely interventions.

The role focuses on relapse prevention, quality of life improvements and recovery, with flexible working and full-time hours in a NHS setting. Training and professional registration are required.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team to support service users and families.
• Experience/knowledge in risk assessment/management and care planning.
• Experience in effectively managing own caseload.
• Ability to establish good working relationships with a range of providers including GP’s.
• Experience with confidentiality and timely case records.

Responsibilities

• Care coordination within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team.
• Provide evidence-based group and individual interventions including CBT for psychosis where appropriate.
• Support with medications and regular physical health monitoring.
• Assist service users with employment, education and vocational activities.
• Engage in social activity and physical health promotion, plus support for families and carers.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Risk assessment & care planning

Caseload management

Effective communication

Flexible working

Education

NMC registration

Post-registration training

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00. Flexible working can be discussed) Job ref 437-8326840

Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leigh Sports Village, Leigh Stadium Town Leigh Salary per annum pro rata Closing 06/11/2026 23:59

Care Coordinator Early Intervention in Psychosis Team

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Wigan Early Intervention Team as a Care Coordinator.

The Early Intervention Team is a specialist service which aims to offer treatment for individuals, aged from 14 – 65 years, who are experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis in line with NICE guidelines.

Under the line management and clinical supervision from within the Early Intervention Team, the post holder will work as part of the integrated multidisciplinary team, maintaining and co-ordinating timely and appropriate interventions and assessment for a caseload of service users living in the community in line with the relevant clinical pathways as outlined within the EIT operational procedure. Interventions will focus on relapse prevention, improving quality of life and collaboratively working towards recovery.

This includes respecting individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of clients and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary/Purpose

The successful candidate will hold a professional qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social work.

The main aim of the Early Intervention Team is to offer treatment for individuals, aged from 14 – 65 years, who are experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis in line with NICE guidelines. We achieve this through offering:

• - Care Coordination.
• - Evidence-based group and individual psychological interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis and Behavioural Family Therapy.
• - Treatment, support and education regarding medications.
• - Regular physical health monitoring.
• - Support with accessing employment, education and vocational activities.
• - Opportunities to engage in social activity and physical health promotion.
• - Support for families and carers.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the integrated multidisciplinary team, maintaining and co-ordinating timely and appropriate interventions and assessment for a caseload of service users living in the community in line with the relevant clinical pathways as outlined within the EIT operational procedure. Interventions will focus on relapse prevention, improving quality of life and collaboratively working towards recovery.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications

• - Registered on the appropriate part of the NMC register and hold a current NMC registration or holds a relevant professional qualification such as Social Work or Occupational Therapy (to be maintained)
• - Post registration training in relevant field.

Experience

• - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team to support service users and their families.
• - Experience/knowledge in the application of risk assessment/management and care planning.
• - Experience in effectively managing own caseload.
• - Ability to establish good working relationships with a range of providers including GP’s.
• - Experience of implementing confidentiality and keeping timely/accurate case records.
• - Evidence of participating in multi-agency clinical meetings.
• - Community Mental Health experience.
• - Experiencing of working with individuals with psychosis.

Knowledge

• - Knowledge around relevant local and national guidelines/procedures/policies relating to mental health nursing care.
• - Knowledge in relation to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
• - An overview of the Trust’s Values

Skills and Abilities

• - Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
• - Ability to delegate and coordinate.
• - Ability to work to deadlines and manage own time effectively.
• - Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively.
• - Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively.
• - Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
• - Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
• - Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues.

Other requirements

• - Ability to undertake visits on a daily basis to service users homes within Wigan area and travel to clinical meetings at Trust and Non-Trust venues and other community venues, relating to your service user activity.
• - Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click here .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Hannah Prady Job title Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01942 764 480 Additional information

If you are interested in joining our team, please call or email me to arrange a chat or an informal visit.

Other contacts:

Rebecca Hill, Senior Practitioner/Clinical Lead

01942 764 480

Lewis Chadwick, Deputy Manager

01942 764 480