Out of Area Flow Practitioner - RMN/RLDN/OT/SW
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a qualified and registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist seeking a new and exciting challenge?
We are recruiting a band 6 practitioner to help support the ongoing development of our Discharge Team working with service users whose hospital care is being delivered outside of LSCFT. The post holder will be expected to meet service delivery working Monday - Friday, 0900-1700.
These posts will be based at The Harbour, Blackpool.
The Fylde Coast currently has out of area providers giving care to some service users. Given recent research, it is important that localities are supporting admissions further away from home to reduce their occurrence. The candidate will have the knowledge, skills, and drive to support Fylde service users through their admissions to out of area hospitals and The Harbour.
This is an interesting development opportunity for experienced practitioners to join a team refining the discharge pathway for patients, particularly those with complex needs requiring funded packages of care.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical management and co-ordination of complex mental health discharge pathways working collaboratively within a wider multi-organisational team as part of co-produced service developments. The post holder will require a working knowledge of commissioning processes.
The post holder will use their experience and knowledge of specialist discharge pathways and out of hospital provision to influence discharge decisions; promoting the alternatives to restricted environments and working with the patient and the clinical team to increase confidence in the combined impact of multi-agency discharge support, balancing risk and responsibility. The post is largely ward-based supporting the ward Multi-Disciplinary Teams around effective discharge planning. Service need is across a number of our LCFT wards and the post holder may be required to travel across LCFT hospital sites.
You will have a role in contributing to and reviewing the discharge plans of patients to ensure that the patient is progressing (including rehabilitation) to the least restrictive environment that will meet their needs for safety and service quality. You will be responsible for making recommendations for patients who are suitable for transfer to a less restrictive environment and will support the Care Coordinator with this process.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
* Evidence of post qualification/experience in mental health acute care;
Experience
* Experience working as a qualified practitioner within inpatient and community settings.
* Post registration experience in a mental health setting
* Supervision of non-qualified staff and students
Knowledge
* Using research and participating in research activity
* Knowledge of current research in specialist area and ability to implement into own and others' practice
* High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet confidently.
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.
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