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Main area Crisis Response Team Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (You will work 3 or 4 shifts across 7 days during the service opening hours 8:30 - 22:00 Mon - Fri.) Job ref 349-LCO-7138159*
Site Trafford House Town Wythenshawe Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
Band 6 Nurse - Crisis Response
Full time over 7 days to include weekends and bank holidays.
The Crisis Response service is a seven day service, therefore this entails working some weekends, bank holidays and late shifts on a rota basis. The post involves working across the community, delivering holistic assessments & interventions to patients in their own homes/ place of residence.
Independent travel within the local geographical area to deliver the role is essential, therefore a full driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
1. The post-holder will triage, assess, implement, plan and evaluate the delivery of direct patient care as an independent practitioner relevant to their Band.
2. Working as a practitioner within a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency service, they will facilitate hospital admission avoidance.
3. The post holder will provide and / or arrange appropriate support and interventions in the community working closely with colleagues across all sectors.
4. Working as an integral part of the team your role will be to provide specialist assessment skills, knowledge and management of patients in the community whilst ensuring the delivery of high caliber care.
5. The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and clinical skills to ensure the delivery of care within the Crisis Response team and wider MCR service as required.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Nursing, NMC registration, Evidence of CPD
* Post graduate training, Practice educator
Experience
* Community experience minimum of 2 years
* Broad experience as a Band 5 in core clinical areas.
* Experience of teaching others and mentoring students.
* Experience of urgent assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs.
* Experience/Knowledge of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar.
* Evidence of involvement in policy and practice changes arising from audit.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of current health policy and relevance to the delivery of health care service.
* Knowledge and understanding of complex medical, social and psychological needs of older adults.
* Knowledge of evidence base practice, clinical governance, managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
* Ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety.
Skills
* Clinical reasoning skills / knowledge underpinning clinical skills specific to clinical area.
* Able to organise and prioritise own caseload.
* Able to fully complete tasks within agreed deadlines.
* Ability to work to time pressure as part of caseload management.
* To carry out risk assessments and ensure effective risk management strategies.
* Ability to delegate to junior staff.
* Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training to other members of the team.
* Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records.
* Ability to work in unpredictable environment e.g., manage crisis and reorganise workload at short notice.
* Awareness of own limitations.
* Contribution to staff development.
Personal Qualities
* Able to work as a team member.
* Flexible attitude to change and new ways of working.
Other
* Car driver/access to an appropriate vehicle on a daily basis and ability to transport equipment safely in vehicle.
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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