Veterans’ Specialist Care Coordinator

Job Description

Band 7 Veterans’ Specialist Care Co-ordinator (High Intensity Service)1 WTE (37.5hrs/wk) covering Berkshire (fixed term post until 31/03/2022)What’s special about this opportunityBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a ‘Outstanding’ rating overall, having being an ‘Outstanding’, well-led, organisation, and having an ‘Outstanding’ Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: ‘There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.’Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.About you:This is an exciting opportunity to lead a new development in veteran crisis care by supporting care navigation and clinical oversight for individuals in crisis or in need of more intensive support. As part of the High Intensity Service (HIS) network, the postholder will work locally to interface with existing mental health services ensuring veterans pathways are clear and supporting engagement into treatment.We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse/ OT/ Social worker who has had previous experience in crisis management and have experience or a keen interest in providing support for veterans. The postholder will not be providing direct treatment, however there will be opportunities to reinforce skills developed through the veterans’ treatment pathway.This post will sit within the veterans’ mental health service and have links into the regional offer as set out within the NHSE Framework covering Berkshire. This is a fixed term role until March 2022 as part of a pathfinder initiative and secondments will be considered.What’s nextIf you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, we’d love to hear from you.We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call Dawne West on email: Dawne.West@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.In addition to a competitive salary, as a valued member of our team, you will receive generous annual leave, have access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (available to all permanent staff over the age of 21), we as a respected member of the NHS, discounts from high street retailers and restaurants.We’d love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.