Crisis and Hospital at Home Senior Health and Social Care Practitioner

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.

The post holder will hold your 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.

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MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust 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.

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.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the 'NHS England' website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.