Care Co-ordinator | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust - Sutton
The team specialises in assessing and treating adults aged 75 and over with a mental health condition.
Applicants need to be professionally qualified and committed to providing responsive and high-quality clinical services to mental health service users and their carers.
This role is for a Care Co-ordinator to work with patients with cognitive impairment and functional illnesses and so will need extensive relevant experience of working with Older People within a range of settings. Applicants must have a keen interest in all mental health issues affecting Older People and therefore is required to have up to date knowledge of treatments and protocols.The post holder will be able to work autonomously, exercise clear and coherent decision-making skills and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service. The post sits alongside experienced clinicians of various disciplines, both within the CMHT as well as other sub teams.
Applicants will need to have- extensive relevant experience of working with Older People in a range of settings , ideally with some community experience but this is not essential.
- A keen interest in all mental health issues affecting Older People and up to date knowledge of treatments and protocols.
- The ability to work autonomously and exercise clear and coherent decision making skills
- The ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service. We will consider a band 5 to band 6 development post for the right individual
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world.More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.- Facilitate, promote and maintain a consistently high standard of individualised client care,recognising factors and events that are likely to affect the mental, emotional and physical well-being of clients. Provide advice and support when required.
- Identify risk and how risks are to be managed in this client group. Inform the Team Manager and other relevant staff where excessive risks are identified.
- Act upon referrals allocated within the Community Mental Health Team within stipulated response times.
- Carry out expert holistic assessment of service users and carers in the community setting.
- Act as Care Co-ordinator and be responsible for ensuring that clients’ needs and strengths are met through a co-ordinated approach and all clients have their care planned, implemented and regularly reviewed/updated.
- Maintain a high standard of practice, through the use or a range of psychological approaches, within a health and psycho-social framework. Evaluate approaches and framework regularly through documented research and audits.
- Carry out the drug administration in accordance with the Trust Policy and the NMC Standards for Administration of Drugs, giving advice, information and support to staff and clients/carers.
- Maintain independence and to assist clients to perform daily activities for themselves as appropriate.
- Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies eg GPs, District Nurses, carers etc. Ensure that an integrated programme of care is provided in line with Risk Assessment procedures.
- Develop, educate and establish purposeful individual and group programmes of care, monitoring and evaluating individual clients’ needs/developments.
- Act as a specialist resource for information, training and advice to clients/carers and other health care professionals.
- Organise and participate in the admission, transfer and discharge of clients in accordance with the Trust policies.
- Implement and/or participate in crisis intervention measures with the client/family or in conjunction with other agencies.
- Act as a link person for the team with GP practices.
- Build up a healthy alliance of community networks eg Health promotion, Social Services, Housing, Police and other agencies.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Mar 2025