Introduction
Are you passionate about ensuring that people in care have a voice? If so, join The Spinney Hospital, a 97 bedded all-male unit offering comprehensive services for forensic inpatients.
As the Recovery and Patient Engagement Co-ordinator, you will ensure that all service users' voices are heard and support service users to be actively involved in wide-ranging areas of practice relating to The Spinney.
You will support The Spinney in demonstrating commitment to the recovery of the people they support by positively promoting mental health recovery. Working with various MDT members as well as external stakeholders and organisations, you will be leading on co-production, coordinating and leading on the running of the Patient’s Council, coordinating and leading on service user initiatives and promoting the overall co-production strategy.
Responsibilities
* Leading and organising patient council meetings and patient initiatives in line with co-production and identifying projects.
* Regularly attending community meetings, reviewing themes and trends to feedback to governance meetings.
* Reviewing and reflecting on personal practice and performance through participation in established supervision and appraisal systems.
* Promoting the role of co-production with service users, family and friends, and external agencies who engage with the multi-disciplinary team.
* Building relationships and establishing communication networks with patients as well as internal and external stakeholders and organisations.
Requirements
* Demonstrate person-centred care through the use of a range of communication skills to facilitate caring relationships and effective teamwork.
* Demonstrate caring and compassionate behaviours with service users, family/friends, and colleagues, maintaining dignity and respect within all interactions and therapeutic interventions.
* Have initiative and creativity.
* Be flexible and adaptable, well organised and able to manage time and workload effectively in line with service needs.
* Have a desire to expand professional development and support organisational change.
What You Will Get in Return
* Annual salary of £26,325.
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
* Pension contribution to secure your future.
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
* Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
Where You Will Be Working
Location: Everest Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9NT
You will be working at The Spinney, a service which offers a range of care settings for male patients with personality disorder and/or mental illness. The purpose-built medium, low secure and rehabilitation wards, as well as a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) are all set within an 11-acre site with extensive woodland and landscaped areas.
About Your Next Employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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