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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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 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
Driving
Essential
* Car driver / access to an appropriate vehicle on a daily basis and ability to transport equipment safely in vehicle
Qualifications
Essential
* Foundation degree in health and social care
* NVQ level 3 in care
Desirable
* Health related qualification such as clinical skills
* Recent in-service training
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working within a community response team with a high level of autonomy.
* Current or prior experience of working in health, therapy and/or social care setting
Desirable
* 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, depressed or aggressive.
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
* Experience of:
o Vena Puncture
o ECG's
o Obtaining Specimens
o Pressure area Care
o Blood sugar monitoring
o Clinical observations and NEWS 2 tool
* Contribute to safe moving and handling of patients
* Be able to carry out treatment programmes and follow senior staff/therapist instruction
* Ability to work as part of and contribute to a multidisciplinary team
* Ability to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision
Desirable
* Up to date professional portfolio
* Effective organisational and administration skills
* To motivate and enable individuals
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Flexibility
* Good team worker
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated
* Commitment to continued personal and professional development
Employer details
Employer name
Address
Harpurhey District Office
Manchester
M9 4DD
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