Senior Nursing Assistant

We are looking for an experienced and motivated B3 Health Care Support Worker to join our supportive, dynamic Manchester Community Response Service (MCR) in North Manchester.

MCR is made up of several teams - Crisis Response, Hospital at Home, Discharge to Assess, Intermediate Care and Community IV teams.

This is an exciting time to be part of our integrated multi -disciplinary and multi-agency team providing rapid assessment and support to people who are at risk of unnecessary admission to hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will support patients with care needs and nursing and therapy interventions working to an agreed competency framework.

Our Crisis Response team operates as a clinically led multi-disciplinary team comprising of Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, and Pharmacists.

The service operates 7 days a week, extended hours, taking referrals form the ambulance service and other community services including GPs for people living in North Manchester. Support from the crisis team is offered for up to 48hours. You may also have the opportunity to support the Hospital at home service.

You will be a champion of integrated community care approach, a strong team player and an excellent communicator. You will be adaptable, committed, well organised and able to work well under pressure. You must be able to travel around various community locations delivering care.

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.