Overview

Work as an effective professional in a multidisciplinary Older Adults Community Mental Health Team. To prioritise and respond to urgent referrals for assessments as required and deliver high quality health and social care within the Care Programme Approach framework and to participate in the duty rota. Hold care coordinator responsibility for a complex caseload of services users and their carers. Responsibility for assessing individual care needs and the planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans, in line with Oxleas Foundation Trust CPA policy. Provide supervision, mentorship and leadership for support workers and Student Nurses, as appropriate. Demonstrate understanding and use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify own and others practice.Key responsibilities

Coordinate and manage a complex caseload with particular focus on maintaining high standards of professional and clinical practice in all disciplines.Ensure that all organisational policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to and contribute to the development of local ones.Ensure the development of services that are comprehensive, flexible and promote a culture of service users and carers'' involvement at every stage of the care pathway.Have experience of working in a complex and challenging environment with a particular focus on:Ensuring a culture of effective risk management in the team.Taking a lead on management of complex cases and supporting less experienced staff with the management of such cases.Responding to serious untoward incidents as appropriate and supporting any subsequent investigation.Responding to Safeguarding Adult alerts as appropriate.Ensuring complaints are investigated fully within time limits, with a proactive approach in line with trust policies.Responding to communications regarding team issues.Promoting and displaying support for the Trust''s policies on Equality and Diversity and the recovery-orientated approach for people with longer term problems.Additional information

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation.Inclusive workplace

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request. If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs. We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process.Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children\''s centres, schools and people\''s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary\''s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We\''re Kind, We\''re Fair, We Listen, We Care.

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