Community Case Manager (Care Homes Team)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a community focused and creative Band 6 Community Case Manager for our Care Homes Team. You will be a key member of the team as it develops new ways of working to deliver the Enhanced Care in Care Homes framework. The team are working closely across Sandwell to join up pathways and ways of working across partner organisations.
You will work closely with Primary Care, Public Health, Social Care and of course the care homes as a key partner. You will be supported by a diverse MDT, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Community Matrons as well as the wider Integrated Care Service (iCares) which works across Sandwell Community providing rehabilitation, case management and admission avoidance.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to Community Matron's and Advanced Clinical Practitioner for the service, the post holder will be an autonomous practitioner responsible for developing and implementing service provision within the care homes across the borough of Sandwell.
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for managing both proactive and reactive visits within the care home setting, managing patients with long term conditions, recognising signs of deterioration and escalating that accordingly. Having an awareness of disease exacerbation and treating as required. Reducing inappropriate hospital admissions. Linking in with the wider MDT to provide safe and effective care.
The post holder will also be part of the management/decision making about care and service provision, for patient pathways across the primary and secondary care interface.
Working for our organisation
We are an integrated care organisation with an outstanding reputation for teaching, education, research and innovation. Our 8,000 staff are here for 530,000 local people when they need us.
Our community teams throughout Sandwell provide integrated services for children in schools, GP practices and at home. They also offer both general and specialist home care for adults in hospices and nursing homes.
In 2024 we opened the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital – the perfect demonstration of our vision for the future. And we are investing in far more than buildings.
We are dedicated to investing in you. It matters to us that you enjoy the training, support and opportunities you need to fulfil your total potential and build the career you really want.
To make that happen, we’ve trebled our training budget. We’ve developed new career path frameworks and new ways to recognise your achievements. Because you’re part of our family, we want the best for you.
Our organisation has nine care promises that reflect how we expect each other to treat patients, visitors and colleagues. We know these promises embody our caring ethos because they were developed by our own frontline staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
**You will require a UK driving license and suitable vehicle which can be used for work purposes with business insurance(prior to commencement in the role).
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered General / Adult Nurse
* Qualified Nurse Prescriber or willing to study for
* Hold a recognised teaching/assessing qualification
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Evidence of post graduate study
* Evidence of subject related study
Experience
* Demonstrable experience with evidence of working with client group
* Specialist expertise / knowledge with underpinning theory of long term conditions
* Documented evidence of relevant KSF based Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of contributing to the personal development of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries
* Evidence of post graduate experience, service development activities, involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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