Crisis Care Service Lead - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a Children and Young People's Crisis Care Service and improve the way in which crisis care is experienced by CYP and those who care for them across Greater Manchester (GM).

You will be responsible for providing operational leadership and coordination across the crisis care service which includes the rapid response, home treatment and paediatric pathway.

This role is a key element of a GM wide Crisis Care Pathway which is child and young person centred, needs led, responsive, accessible and flexible.

Deliver an effective service to ensure there are safe and effective care pathways in place for all CYP referred to Crisis Care.

To ensure the provision of a 7 day, high quality clinical service to children and young people and families before, during and following crisis by working collaboratively with partner agencies and ensuring referrals are made to appropriate services

Offering community based assessment, de-escalation and risk reduction interventions when children and young people are presenting in crisis.

Manage the provision of a 7 day, high quality clinical service to children and young people referred in crisis, overseeing the day to day activity and allocation of work

To promote and maintain partnerships and interface with other professionals and agencies that work within mental health, social care, VCSE and emergency services.

To use expert clinical knowledge and awareness of national guidance to support practitioners in the service offered to CYP and their families

Manage individual CYP pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved.

Ensure services work in collaboration with children's and adults' community mental health teams to provide safe transfer of care pre and post crisis episodes

To provide specialist advice, guidance or consultation to team members and other professionals contributing directly to children and young people's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

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.

Diversity Matters

We're looking forward to hearing from you