Job overview
Croydon Community Mental Health Service (CMHT) have undergone service transformation to enhance the quality of our service delivery, improve the experiences of those using our services, maintain staff morale and to ensure services are meeting the NHS Long Term Plan.
It is an exciting time to be part of this transformation in Croydon, getting involved in improved ways of working due to investment in resources. The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a generic team integrated with Croydon Social Care in working with all adults experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
The teams are no longer be based on diagnosis and works with all individuals from a locality who have mental health needs that require support from secondary care. Croydon CMHT has 3 localities: NORTH, CENTRAL and SOUTH. Our Locality Teams are highly experienced and supportive and Multi-disciplinary.
We are looking for enthusiastic care coordinators that will grow and develop with the locality teams from Nursing, Social work, and OT professional background.
This advert is for vacancies in the CENTRAL LOCALITY TEAM
Main duties of the job
In keeping with our obligations under the new Coronavirus Regulations 2021 in relation to Care Home visits, the successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination status againstCovid-19
The post holder will work as Care Coordinator / Community Mental Health Nurse for a caseload of service users in the local community who have complex mental health difficulties, and work with their carers where applicable. The post holder will be expected to have excellent self-management skills, and work collaboratively within the team. The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers, to work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and to have excellent communication skills.
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