Recovery Coach Team Operational Team Lead

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Peterborough is seeking a motivated clinician to lead the Recovery Coach Team. The role involves managing team members, coordinating referrals, and ensuring effective service delivery to patients transitioning back into the community. Ideal candidates will have a strong commitment to recovery practices. This position offers a hybrid working model with necessary in-person attendance.

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to recovery-focused practice.
• Experience in managing a team or service.
• Ability to coordinate referrals and resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for daily line management and support of Recovery Coach Team members.
• Coordinate weekly allocation of referrals while balancing clinical, service and team capacity needs.
• Create ongoing work plans to maximize resource use.

Job description

Overview

The Recovery Coach Team (RCT) is a time-limited service available to individuals aged 17 and over. The team provides a supportive step-down pathway for patients transitioning from secondary care services back into the community.

Using a combination of coaching techniques delivered by Recovery Coaches and lived experience offered by Peer Support Workers, the service delivers a mix of one-to-one and group sessions designed to help patients reconnect with and engage in their communities.

As the RCT is set for an exciting relaunch, we are seeking a motivated and passionate clinician with a strong commitment to recovery-focused practice to coordinate, support, and drive this team forward.

This can be a hybrid role however some in person attendance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for daily line management and support of Recovery Coach Team members.
• Coordinate weekly allocation of referrals while balancing clinical, service and team capacity needs.
• Create an ongoing work plan/timetable for the team to maximise resource use and increase visibility of the team and its support available.
• Work closely with the Trust Wide Recovery and Inclusion Lead to embed pathways within other services.
• Ensure effective use of resources, sustain pathways, and support relaunch of the service.

About the employer

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 a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include 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, research and development.

Equal opportunities

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Note on closing dates and sponsorship - Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Taylor
Job title: Trust Wide Recovery and Inclusion Lead
Email address: [e-mail]