Job summary
Band 6 Nurse - Crisis Response
Full time over 7 days to include weekends and bank holidays
Manchester Local Care Organisation is the partnership organisation that provides NHS community health services to the people of the borough. We work closely as NHS community health services and social care services. We are driven by the aim of improving the health of local people in South Manchester by working across organisational boundaries. Our teams work as one in the neighbourhoods they serve - delivering and designing services in partnership with local people.
The Crisis Response service is a seven day service, therefore this entails working some weekends, bank holidays and late shifts on a rota basis. The post involves working across the community, delivering holistic assessments & interventions to patients in their own homes/ place of residence.
Independent travel within the local geographical area to deliver the role is essential, therefore a full driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will triage, assess, implement, plan and evaluate the delivery of direct patient care as an independent practitioner relevant to their Band.
Working as a practitioner within a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency service, they will facilitate hospital admission avoidance.
The post holder will provide and / or arrange appropriate support and interventions in the community working closely with colleagues across all sectors. They will work flexibly providing specialist nursing support in the community as required.
Working as an integral part of the team your role will be to provide specialist assessment skills, knowledge and management of patients in the community whilst ensuring the delivery of high caliber care.
The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and clinical skills to ensure the delivery of care within the Crisis Response team and wider MCR service as required. Working to ensure the patients can be managed safely at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll 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 youll 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, sex and sexual 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.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll 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 youll 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, sex and sexual 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.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nursing, NMC registration, Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Post graduate training, Practice educator
Experience
Essential
- Community experience minimum of 2 years
- Broad experience as a Band 5 in core clinical areas, e.g. Experience in the care of neurological disorders, common orthopaedic, COPD and understanding of common mental health problems faced by older people.
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of urgent assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs
Desirable
- Experience/Knowledge of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice changes arising from audit
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current health policy and relevance to the delivery of health care service.
- Knowledge and understanding of complex medical, social and psychological needs of older adults.
- Knowledge of evidence base practice, clinical governance, managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
- Ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
Skills
Essential
- Clinical reasoning skills / knowledge underpinning clinical skills specific to clinical area.
- Able to organise and prioritise own caseload.
- Able to fully complete tasks within agreed deadlines
- Ability to work to time pressure as part of caseload management
- To carry out risk assessments and ensure effective risk management strategies
- Ability to delegate to junior staff
- Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training to other members of the team
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Ability to work in unpredictable environment e.g., manage crisis and reorganise workload at short notice.
- Awareness of own limitations
Desirable
- Contribution to staff development
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work as a team member
- Flexible attitude to change and new ways of working
Other
Essential
- Car driver/access to an appropriate vehicle on a daily basis and ability to transport equipment safely in vehicle.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nursing, NMC registration, Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Post graduate training, Practice educator
Experience
Essential
- Community experience minimum of 2 years
- Broad experience as a Band 5 in core clinical areas, e.g. Experience in the care of neurological disorders, common orthopaedic, COPD and understanding of common mental health problems faced by older people.
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of urgent assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs
Desirable
- Experience/Knowledge of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice changes arising from audit
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current health policy and relevance to the delivery of health care service.
- Knowledge and understanding of complex medical, social and psychological needs of older adults.
- Knowledge of evidence base practice, clinical governance, managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
- Ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
Skills
Essential
- Clinical reasoning skills / knowledge underpinning clinical skills specific to clinical area.
- Able to organise and prioritise own caseload.
- Able to fully complete tasks within agreed deadlines
- Ability to work to time pressure as part of caseload management
- To carry out risk assessments and ensure effective risk management strategies
- Ability to delegate to junior staff
- Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training to other members of the team
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Ability to work in unpredictable environment e.g., manage crisis and reorganise workload at short notice.
- Awareness of own limitations
Desirable
- Contribution to staff development
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work as a team member
- Flexible attitude to change and new ways of working
Other
Essential
- Car driver/access to an appropriate vehicle on a daily basis and ability to transport equipment safely in vehicle.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
