Do you thrive in a team environment? We are an enthusiastic, motivated multi-disciplinary team, enhancing our resources working in a dynamic, exciting environment, providing services hospital avoidance. This Crisis Response Team and Hospital at Home Senior Discharge Coordinator, Health and Social Care Practitioner role will work in the community with Crisis Response Team (part of Manchester Community Response). The Crisis Response Team and Hospital at Home Senior Discharge Coordinator, Health and Social Care Practitioner is responsible for junior members of staff, undertaking informal and formal support and supervision. The Crisis Response Team and Hospital at Home Senior Discharge Coordinator, Health and Social Care Practitioner will be required to actively participate in new initiatives and further changes intended to improve service delivery. We are developing a hospital at home, resourcing the team to enhance our established “Home First” approach supports patient’s personal choices, strengths, and ensures inclusion in every stage of their care. We are developing the service to adopt earlier intervention from our community response teams, which aims to reduce acquired hospital deconditioning, enabling a person to maintain as much of their independence as possible. We are passionate about continually developing our services to provide gold standard care for older people. This Crisis Response Team and Hospital at Home Senior Discharge Coordinator, Health and Social Care Practitioner role will work in the community based with Crisis Response Team (part of Manchester Community Response), assisting registered professionals (Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Pharmacists and Social Workers). As part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the Crisis Response Team to deliver urgent health and social care to people in crisis and at risk of hospitalisation. They will also support the Hospital at Home service to reduce length of stay in hospital and provide care for patients within their own home. The successful candidate will be responsible for junior members of staff, undertaking informal and formal support and supervision. The post holder will be required to actively participate in new initiatives and further changes intended to improve service delivery. It is an exciting time to be a part of the Manchester Community Response Service with the development of the Hospital at Home model, which is expanding on the current Discharge to Assess and Crisis Response framework. MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust 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 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. 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 resourcingmft.nhs.uk. We’re looking forward to hearing from you