PIER Team Senior Care Coordinator

at  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

JOB OVERVIEW

The PIER (Psychosis Intervention Early Recovery) team are a reasonably large team that serve Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland aged between 14 - 65 years old, as the name suggests the team supports those that are experiencing their first episode of Psychosis.
Psychosis can be a very distressing and worrying for those that experience it, it also has an impact on those who support and care for these affected, the team is designed to provide intensive support to service users and their families / carers for up to 3 years.
As a Senior Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload usually between 15 and 20 service users, you will work closely with the other disciplines within the team, such as, Medical, Psychological therapies, Psychology, Support staff, admin and other care Coordinators, the PIER team also link in with other NHS services as well as those in other statutory services and the voluntary sector.

The successful candidate will work autonomously, taking responsibility for care, quality, and clinical activity for a designated caseload of service users
To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality: Patient safety, the effectiveness of all health care interventions, patient experience, the environment in which care is delivered, to participate in the effective clinical leadership of the team.
To actively contribute to the improvement of service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of service users, service users and their families, to act as role model and participate in the education, development, and mentorship of other staff.
To work collaborate with other clinicians and within with wider health, social care and voluntary sector communities as appropriate and promote the role of the Mental Health Practitioner to all stakeholders.
To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external partnerships and between all stakeholders.
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity