Job summary
We have an enviable opportunity for a Community Case Manager in Southern Adult Community Healthcare Team. Your leadership skills will help the organization reach its goals in providing gold-standard patient care and allow you to contribute to changes that will improve care in the community. You will have opportunity to implement strategies to support the team in delivering efficient and safe care to clients, working closely with colleagues to coordinate visits and managing the administration of holistic care in the community.
The post is to provide nursing interventions to patients in their home environment. If you are interested in joining our friendly team we would like to hear from you.
This is Us... Southern ACHT
We aim to provide timely, evidence based, compassionate care to the patients in our community.
Our expectations are based on the Trust values of CARE. We Collaborate with each other to meet the needs of our patients. We Aspire to give the best care to our patients and each other. We treat everyone with Respect and Enable our staff to become autonomous practitioner.
You will be supported by senior members of your team who will work side by side with you until you are confident. You will be encouraged to develop your skill set by attending the relevant training courses and study days. Newly qualified or Return to Practice registered nurses can apply for preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
The case management model will provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the To contribute to processes for proactively case finding patients who are very high intensity users of community and primary healthcare and / or are at high risk of unplanned admission to Assess the physical and psycho-social needs of the defined case load instigating therapeutic treatments and care delivery based on best available To improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills and To undertake referral management to develop and establish case management programmes for patients referred to the Adult Community Healthcare To manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions who would benefit from case To plan, co-ordinate and evaluate care programme delivery using the single assessment process, managing patient referrals to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team / To develop protocols and procedures for clinical pathways.
About us
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
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Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
11. Registered Allied Healthcare Professional / Registered Level 1 Nurse
12. Degree/ Diploma in Health / Nursing Studies or related subject
13. Evidence of recent Continuous Professional Development
14. Relevant post graduate clinical training Elderly, Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Dementia, Rehabilitation, Trauma and Orthopaedics and End of Life
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential
15. Demonstrate specialist clinical assessment, analysis, planning, delivery and evaluation skills
16. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
17. Ability to motivate staff
18. Self-awareness
Desirable
19. Ability to manage complex cases
20. Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
21. Knowledge of legal requirements for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
22. Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
23. Report writing skills
24. IT skills
25. Presentation skills
26. Teaching patients, carers and colleagues
Experience
Essential
27. Demonstrate broad experience post registration within a variety of core areas: -- Elderly care - Orthopaedics - Neurology - Respiratory - Palliative Care - Long term conditions
28. In depth experience of working within multi agency / multi disciplinary team
Desirable
29. Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 3 years post registration
30. Experience of assisting with implementing change management programmes service development
31. Experience of electronic clinical systems
32. Experience participating in a research or audit project
33. Experience of day to day staff management case allocation to Health Care Assistants
34. Experience of working with single assessment process
Sprecial Circumstances
Essential
35. Able to work under pressure
36. Self-motivated
37. Innovative
38. Enthusiastic
39. Able to work alone
40. Ability to promote health
41. Valid and current driving license or able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire