As part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the Central Crisis Response Teams, to deliver urgent health and social care to people in crisis and at risk of hospitalisation. They will also deliver support and engage in supporting patients within the Hospital at Home service.
The Crisis Response Team receives direct referrals from NWAS (Northwest Ambulance Service) as well as Acute care, Primary care, and Community healthcare professionals. Patients accepted by Crisis Response will be held for 48 hours before being referred onto the most appropriate onward services, if required. The Crisis Response Team is a 7-day service operating from 08:30 -- 22:00.
The post holder will hold their own caseload of patients and follow them up after crisis intervention to signpost and provide social prescribing, to provide support within the community and help to avoid any further admissions to hospital.
The post holder will be able to support discharges from hospital completing welfare/environmental checks to complete functional assessment and identify any needs to ensure the patient is safe at home and report any concerns to the senior clinician. These patients will have been assessed by a qualified member of the MDT in the hospital, with a risk assessment completed prior to referral to the AP welfare check caseload.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will hold their own caseload of patients and follow them up after crisis intervention to signpost and provide social prescribing, to provide support within the community and help to avoid any further admissions to hospital.
To be able to support discharges from hospital completing welfare/environmental checks to complete functional assessment and identify any needs to ensure the patient is safe at home and report any concerns to the senior clinician.
Assist in carrying out rehabilitation and treatment programmes under the direction of the registered professional and to report on service-users programmes and progress.
Support and work with Home Care/ Carers to enable them to continue the rehabilitation programme.
Assist registered professionals in the assessment of needs, develop, deliver, and monitor treatment/ management programmes and intervention as required.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care
* NVQ Level 3 in Care
* Experience of working within a community team with a high level of autonomy
* Current or prior experience of working in health, therapy and/or social care setting
* Excellent organisational skills
* Communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload
* Understanding of evidence-based practice and up to date knowledge of relevant literature
* Evidence of clinical skills competencies
* Ability to demonstrate empathy and be sensitive to diverse individual needs
* Ability to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision
* Ability to work as part of and contribute to a multidisciplinary team
* An understanding of the importance of confidentiality
* Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of clients, team and service needs
* Ability to work safely and reliably in both unit setting and clients' homes.
* Knowledge of therapy skills and practices including equipment
* Knowledge of health and social care.
* To use clinical supervision appropriately, utilizing reflection and critical appraisal of own performance
* Knowledge of nursing skills and practices and experience of: Vena Puncture, ECG's, Obtaining Specimens, Pressure area Care, Blood sugar monitoring, Clinical observations and NEWS 2 tool.
* Clean Driving licence and drives own car
Desirable
* Health related qualification such as Clinical skills.
* IT qualification or recent in-service training.
* NVQ Level 4 in Care.
* Diploma in health and social care.
* Experience of working within rehabilitation/district nursing
* Previous experience of working with adults with complex needs.
* Experience of working with people with chronic/progressive disease.
* Experience of working with people/families and carers who may be distressed or depressed.
* Information technology skills
* Up to date professional portfolio
* Effective organisational and administration skills
* To motivate and enable individuals
* Demonstrate a knowledge of National guidelines influencing the care of older people
* Health promotion/ Champion.
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gorton Hub
27 Garrett Way
Manchester
M18 8HE
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