Care Co-ordinator

The closing date is 28th Dec 2025

Anticipated Interview date(s) January 2026

Job summary

At Fareham Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) we are a dedicated team of professionals located in the heart of the population that we care for.

Our CMHT is lively, dynamic and consists of nurses, OT, Therapists, Support Workers and Psychiatrists. Our work is recovery focussed and partnership based. They team is proactive with a 'can do' attitude. We are an experienced team who feel passionate about providing evidence based care to patients and carers.

You will need excellent assessment and communication skills. Your role will be a caseload whose care you co-ordinate, assessments, duty, supervision, liaison with relevant partner agencies. As a senior clinician you will also write reports, quality improvement, safeguarding and run clinics as necessary.

You will need to have skills to manage the demands of the role, knowledge of MHA/MCA/CPA, and confident in delivering skills with the safety of our patients being at the forefront of your practice.

It is a supportive team however you will need to be able to work autonomously.

Car driver essential with use of a car during working hours. Usual working hours Monday to Friday 9-5

Main duties, tasks & skills required

To provide psychiatric interventions to a defined caseload of patients and their families within Fareham catchment area. You will be care co ordinating your own caseload, covering duty, doing assessments, attend meetings, making appropriate referrals and liaising with partner agencies. the main part of your role will be to keep patients safe and provide a recovery focussed service by teaching them skills to maintain their mental health and enabling them to live a life they want. This will include risk assessment and safeguarding. you will be expected to keep up to date records and statistics of your caseload. good people skills and time management skills are key.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential

Registered RMN/OT/Social Worker

Current Driving Licence

Desirable

Post registration Adult Mental Health experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Cat King

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£ to £ Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

348-PSE-9897

Job locations

Fareham Health Centre

Osborn Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 7ER

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