Forensic Care Coordinator

Job overview

The Community Forensic Outreach Service (FOS) has a vacancy for a Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse and Care Co-ordinator. The core of the job is the management of a caseload of patients with forensic histories, acting as their care co-ordinator and as social supervisor as appropriate. You will alongside an MDT including Doctors, Psychologists, Recovery Workers, OTs and Social Workers.

This post holder will be engaged in effective risk assessment and management, as well as leading on engagement and interventions to support service user recovery and achievement of service user defined goals.

Specialist training will be provided for aspects of the post as necessary. Regular clinical and educational supervision will also be provided along with academic sessions as part of the weekly team programme. The team prides itself in providing a high-quality service to people with complex mental health problems across the 5 Boroughs that the Trust serves.

Main duties of the job

As a care co-ordinator, you will work collaboratively with other agencies, including police, MOJ, probation, housing, and residential providers (to name but a few), to ensure that service delivery is consistently of the highest standard, providing for safe and effective care and team support.

The successful candidate will be a qualified RMN or Learning Disability Nurse with sound experience in Mental Health, with knowledge and experience of forensic mental health service provision, offender care and be committed to team working.

The ideal candidate will also need to demonstrate good clinical knowledge and assessment skills, risk assessment and have sound knowledge of the Care Programme Approach. The post holder will be expected to be up to date with all mandatory training in relation to Trust policy and have current professional registration and knowledge as required by the NMC Code of Conduct.

If you feel that you have the required skill set, clinical ability and an appetite to work in offender care, then working within the FOS team might be the job for you and if so, we would welcome an application from you. For further information or to express your interest in the role please contact Leah Matthews, Team Leader.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible for the flexible management of a defined caseload designed to meet the individual needs of the client and the carer’s.

To maintain high standard of individualised client care, recognising factors and events that are likely to affect the mental, emotional and physical well-being of clients/carers and provide advice and support when required.

To act as a care coordinator in assessing clients’ needs and strengths through a collaborative approach, ensuring that all clients have care plans and that these are implemented and regularly reviewed/updated.

To develop and maintain a high standard of practice, based on assessment, using a range of psychosocial approaches, within a health and psycho-social framework.

To communicate/liaise effectively within relevant agencies to ensure that an integrated programmed of care is provided throughout.

To be able to manage medication in accordance with the Trust Policy and the NMC Standards for administration of drugs (If a registered nurse)

To organize and participate in the admission, discharge and transfer of clients in accordance with the Trust Policies.

To provide clients and carer’s with verbal and written up to date information on the services offered by the Trust, how to express their views, complaints procedure and what they can expect from the CMHT.

To attend weekly clinical meetings to provide the team with relevant information in relation to caseload and to feedback on new assessment.

To supervise and monitor the therapeutic effects and side-effects of prescribed medication providing the client with clear advice and information

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.