Integrated Placement of Care Hub Practitioner - Crewe, United Kingdom - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Crewe, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and forward thinking Integrated Placement of Care Hub Team.

The hub supports inpatients who are being discharged into the community adopting a home first approach.

The hub assesses, triages and provide discharge routes for a wide variety of patients, either in their own home, in short stay bed based or long term care.

The range of patients we support is vast, from rehab to palliative care both in and out of acute settings.

The Band 6 practitioners rotate across services, and are fully supported/trained under the direction of the team leaders and clinical service lead.

To support this level of complex communication, this team are the founders of the HSJ award winning IDT system, a web based, user friendly system which is used by multiple partners and the envy of many trusts.

We are continually striving to improve and are excited by the many new projects that lie ahead of us.

We are looking for highly motivated, friendly and professional staff to expand our team and help us to achieve safe, effective patient flow from hospital and out of short term settings.

In addition you should be experienced in complex discharge in either acute or community settings, have a passion for improving patient flow and be confident in engaging a wide range of disciplines in order to achieve the right outcomes for your patients.

You will act as an practitioner providing expert knowledge of discharge planning to other professionals both in the acute & community care settings.

Manage and support the leadership team to reduce service users length of stay and promote patient flow across all settings.

Will have the ability to make autonomous decisions regarding the ongoing care needs of our service users.

Liaise and communicate with the wider multidisciplinary team, patients & family members
- advanced communication skills essential for this role.

Deliver specialised assessment.

Complex case management.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Show effective communication skills, maintaining confidentiality at all times.

Ensure patients needs are assessed and ongoing care is effectively implemented.

Maintain accurate records and documentation both written & electronic.

Take responsibility of own learning maintaining mandatory training, appraisal & professional registration requirements.

Active participation in improving other professionals understanding & learning regarding patient flow and discharge planning.

Comply with CCICP policies & procedures, including responding to safeguarding concerns appropriately.

Deputise for the leadership team when needed, demonstrating effective clinical leadership, organising other team members.

Provide pastoral support to junior members of the team, including the expanding GNA service.