About this role
Job summary
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Do you want to be part of an evolving service?
We are the First Point of Contact Centre (FPCC) for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health services.
Our service has expanded to encompass the changing need of routine, urgent and crisis referrals in line with local and national guidance. We deliver an extended 24/7 service including night shifts, which is an open access service for crisis referrals, and accepts professional referrals in to the trust covering mental health urgent and routine referrals We are based at Edward Jenner Court alongside our physical health colleagues and we work collaboratively with them.
Come and join the team to be the First Point of Contact with service users, and referrers, to ensure they are engaged, treated with compassion and receive the highest quality of care at the start of their journey with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Learn more about the team here:
First Point of Contact Centre > Glos Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust (ghc.nhs.uk)
Main duties of the job
The FPCC receives telephone calls, letters and e-mails from GP's, HCP's, service users, their representatives and other referrers seeking mental health advice, mental health support and to access the local secondary mental health and learning disability services. Alongside this, we also manage the NHS 111 mental health crisis service, and referrals in to the Trust. With just a single telephone number the FPCC delivers a much simplified way for service users and referrers to access the Trust, ensuring that service users are seen by the team at the right time.
We are looking for individuals with call handling experience, mental health care experience, customer care skills and a desire to make a difference within the First Point of Contact Centre.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GCSE level of education or equivalent
Desirable
NVQ 2 or equivalent in healthcare
Length and Nature of Experinece Essential
Experience of working in mental health, a healthcare or NHS setting with mental health experience
Desirable
Experience of working in a call centre or similar Some experience of working collaboratively with other care teams, stat and not stat agencies, the voluntary sector
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.
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address First Point of Contact Centre
Edward Jenner Court, 1010 Pioneer Avenue, Brockworth
Gloucestershire
GL3 4AW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)