Complex Mental Health Practitioner - Bury, United Kingdom - NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care

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Bury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Greater Manchester ICB- Bury operate a Continuing Healthcare/Complex case service on behalf of the registered population Bury.

The post holder will be responsible for the case management of a caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs.

The caseload will comprise of individuals with complex mental health needs who have been assessed under the mental heath act, along with others who require an individually commissioned package of support.

The post holder will be required to make recommendations regarding eligibility for funding.

The post holder will lead and coordinate key professionals across Mental Health services, Local Authority and the Independent Sector to ensure that effective commissioning of service provision occurs and that once established, is monitored and reviewed to deliver measurable goals and outcomes for the service user and GM ICB- Bury.

The post holder will take a lead role in the identification of suitable care providers and will be responsible for ongoing review and reassessment of patients and commissioned packages of care.

This will be with a view to determining continued eligibility and ensuring that the package of care continues to meet assessed needs.

The GM Integrated Care Partnership are helping organisations work better together with people and communities.

We want people across all our boroughs to stay well, whatever their age, and whatever issues or conditions they might be managing.

We're bringing together all the different organisations that support people's health and social care, so that services can join up and act faster when people need support.

Integrated care means starting with the person, understanding they'll have different needs as they move through life, and connecting them with the right care.

This new NHS organisation, overseen by a Board, is in charge of the NHS money and making sure services are in place to put plans into action.

Made up of representatives from the NHS and the local council.

The partnership operates at three levels: neighborhood, locality and Greater Manchester and has a single vision and strategy. Hospitals, GPs, community services, voluntary services and others have come together to form 'provider collaboratives' within all 3 levels, helping to join care and help people live well across our ten boroughs.

Bury is a sub-locality of Greater Manchester Integrated Care and the team is part of the Bury NHS Health and Adult Care department of the Local Authority.

The role sits in the Continuing Healthcare & Individualised Commissioning team which is part of a wider Directorate led by the Associate Director of Nursing, Quality and Safeguarding.

The post holder will be responsible for the case management for a caseload of individuals registered with a Bury GP who have complex mental health needs and are receiving a package of individualised care that is part/solely funded by GM ICB Bury.

The post holder will be responsible for the commissioning, and review of Individualised packages of support.

this will include the monitoring and review of commissioned services to ensure they continue to meet need and are 'best value'.

The post holder will be responsible for liaising with patients, families and carers with regarding to individualised commissioning and review.

The post holder will ensure the promotion and facilitation of service user involvement and collaborative working with other agencies.

The post holder will act as a resource for staff undertaking clinical assessments to provide guidance and supervision to ensure there is a consistent and informed approach to the assessment process that is compliant with national policy.

Where necessary the post holder will conduct independent 'expert' clinical assessment of an individual service user with nursing or highly complex healthcare needs.

The post holder will support the Head of Service by providing expert advice regarding eligibility for funding and if required will attend 'Funding Panels' with scope of practice.

The post holder will attend Adult Safeguarding strategy meetings where required representing NHS Bury ICS.

The post holder will ensure that all service users eligible for health funding are reviewed in accordance with guidance and will take appropriate steps to ensure service providers adhere to contractual agreements in respect of individual service users.

The post holder will, if requested to do so provide clinical evidence/ advice in respect of court proceedings (court of protection, criminal prosecutions etc).