Community Flow Sister
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 a year
Job details
Job description, work day and responsibilities
Full job description
This is an exciting opportunity for either an established Band 6 or a Band 5 who wishes to develop with full support. It will allow you to gain confidence, to be a dynamic practitioner, use various models of practice and the chance to be truly holistic within your role.
The post holder provides the professional nursing interface between hospital, CHC Fast Tracks, Discharge to Assess (DtA) and community services, promoting a safe, smooth transfer of care of patient to either their own home, or a residential/nursing home.
To maintain accurate and up-to-date records on all patients, to ensure documentation meets agreed standards. Undertaking key tasks such as Nursing Needs Assessments, CHC Screens, Fast Track Discharges and equipment facilitation.
To identify patients who will require complex packages of care, working closely with the multi- disciplinary team.
Advising, assessing and facilitate the ordering of equipment by the discharge team as appropriate.
Involve the patient, relatives, carers and all agencies involved in the setting up of the care package.
Instigate case conferences as appropriate and attend multi-disciplinary meetings which may require visiting other hospitals.
To make referrals, according to need following discussions with patients and carers to other statutory and voluntary agencies.
To take appropriate action to deal with emergency situations.
To communicate relevant information to patients, families and carers whilst maintaining confidentiality.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 30,000 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.
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, *** and ****** 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 at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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Offer ID: #1192071,
Published: 3 weeks ago,
Company registered: 3 months ago
