About this role
Job summary
The Individual Funding Team (IFT) team is part of the organisation's Recovery Services, in the Adult Mental Health, Learning Disability and Specialty Services Directorate. The team works closely with the Community Recovery Team, and Meadowbank Rehabilitation Unit, to form the organisation's Mental Health Recovery Pathway.
The Individual Funding Team provides a county-wide service, and is essentially responsible for managing mental health funding processes, when an external package of care is required. The team's profile has grown in recent years, with an increasingly diverse role, and it has become an integral and embedded resource within the organisation. The team works closely with the Local Authority when joint funding is required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will hold a Nursing, AHP or Social work qualification and will be working in an integrated skill mix team, including a Service Manager; Operations Manager; qualified Nurse and AHP clinicians; a Business Manager, and other administrative staff. The post involves brokerage and review processes, to evaluate the need for, and to source and review care packages for eligible adults. This requires close liaison with other community mental health and learning disability services; in-patient services; the Local Authority, and a wide range of non-statutory service providers.
The post involves frequent travel, between the organisation's bases, and to local and more distant locations, where care packages are being delivered.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.
Person Specification
Knowledge Essential
Post qualification/registration experience in adult mental health. Knowledge and/or experience of the Care Programme Approach and further developments. Current and relevant professional qualification.
Desirable
Previous experience in community mental health work. Caseload management experience. Understanding of a wide range of mental health conditions, including Personality Disorders and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Skills Essential
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Able to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and to apply evidence based practice. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and amendments and Mental Capacity Act (2005) and other relevant legislation. Knowledge and skills in risk assessment, risk management, and CPA care coordination and application in practice Able to effectively manage own caseload
Desirable
Previous experience of funding streams Understanding of commissioning responsibilities.
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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address Campbell House
Campbell Square
Northampton
NN1 3EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)