Clinical Lead Functional Mental Health

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated professional for the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for Older Adults. The role involves providing intensive support and treatment for older adults facing mental health challenges. Candidates should have a passion for working with older people and the ability to conduct clinical assessments. Join a supportive team committed to high-quality care in a community setting, ensuring the best outcomes for service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.
• Ability to provide clinical structure within the functional pathway.

Responsibilities

• Conducting psychosocial assessments for individuals presenting with various mental health issues.
• Supporting and guiding Band 6 team members in care planning and treatment pathways.
• Providing crisis and home treatment services, including dementia support.

Skills

Teamwork

Clinical Assessment

Crisis Intervention

Communication

Job description

Job Description: Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for Older Adults

The Crisis Resolution And Home Treatment Team For Older Adults is a well-established, friendly, and supportive multidisciplinary team based in Fulbourn, Cambridge/Peterborough, and Fenland. The team offers intensive support and treatment at home and in care homes for older adults with mental health challenges, including the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.

The services provided include:

1. Crisis intervention, intensive treatment, support, risk assessment, and management to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate earlier discharge from mental health hospitals.
2. Dementia Intensive Support, offering practical and psycho-educational care within patients' homes and care homes.

We are a strong, passionate, and cohesive team with extensive clinical experience and knowledge. We are seeking a team member who possesses the following attributes:

• A passion for working with older people.
• A desire to develop and enhance the team's skills and knowledge.
• Drive and motivation to work under pressure in a busy environment.
• Experience in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.
• A strong team player.
• A motivation to make a difference.
• Ability to provide clinical structure within the functional pathway.
• Willingness to contribute to team meetings and take on a leadership role.

The successful candidate will work within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for older people, providing mental health services seven days a week in a community setting. Responsibilities include:

• Conducting psychosocial assessments for individuals presenting with various mental health issues.
• Working in partnership with service users and carers to provide treatment in the least restrictive environment.
• Taking on the role of care coordinator, ensuring comprehensive assessment, care planning, and review.
• Supporting and guiding Band 6 team members in care planning and treatment pathways.
• Assessing individuals at risk of hospital admission, providing community-based care, or facilitating hospital admission and discharge.
• Providing clinical risk and mental health assessments, formulation, and short-term contingency planning during crises.
• Acting as a role model and promoting effective teamwork to meet individual client needs.
• Supporting the team lead, including supervision and training as needed.
• Providing crisis and home treatment services, including dementia support.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is committed to high-quality, compassionate care to improve health and wellbeing. Our services span inpatient, primary care, and community settings, covering mental health, learning disabilities, substance misuse, social care, and research.

We seek high-caliber candidates who share our values and are committed to equality and diversity. We encourage applications from all community sectors, especially underrepresented groups, including those with long-term conditions, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles; applications requiring sponsorship may be rejected.

For more information, visit www.cpft.nhs.uk. For informal inquiries or visits, contact:

• Paul Williams, Crisis Team Lead, [e-mail], Tel: [phone]
• Norma Moyo, [e-mail]