Job summary
An exciting opportunity has now arisen within the Trafford Specialist Palliative Care support Team for an Assistant Practitioner.
Working within the Specialist Palliative Care Team, contributing to the provision of a co-ordinated and comprehensive service for patients receiving specialist palliative care including patients resident in care homes in Trafford.
The post holder will work as part of the Specialist multi-disciplinary team comprising of Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist. The team aims to provide effective palliative care and support rehabilitation to patients with a diagnosis of cancer at any stage of the patient's illness from diagnosis onwards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Specialist multi-disciplinary team comprising of Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist. The team aims to provide effective support rehabilitation and/or palliative care to patients with a life limiting condition requiring palliative intervention.
The post holder will assist other professionals in the implementation, delivery and evaluation of rehabilitation and education programmes to promote independence and encourage improved health, functional capabilities and quality of life.
The post holder will hold a small caseload under the supervision of the responsible clinician, supporting patients with life limiting illness to maximise their health and enable them to be cared for in their preferred place.
You'll also need to demonstrate how you will meet the ability to be mobile within community.
About us
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.
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 atresourcing@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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Foundation degree/NVQ level 3 or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable
- oRecent and relevant in-service training specific to job description
- oEvidence of personal and professional development portfolio
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- oExperience in health, therapeutic, rehabilitation and/or social care setting
- oExperience of Moving and Handling in a Healthcare setting
- oPrevious experience of support work with people with complex needs, and/or the provision of palliative and end of life care.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with people of all ages and abilities
- oEffective organisational skills
- oAbility to demonstrate empathy, to motivate, to enable and to be sensitive to diverse individual needs
- oAbility to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision
- oAbility to recognise own skill boundaries and take necessary actions when appropriate
- oAbility to work as part of a team and independently on own initiative
- oEvidence of therapy skills competencies
- oGood time management
- oAbility to work flexibly over 7 days if required
- oFlexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of patients, those important to them, team and service
- oAbility to work safely and reliably in community settings and in patients' homes
- oBasic understanding of evidence-based practice and up to date knowledge of relevant literature
- oAbility to demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of the diverse population within Trafford
- oAbility to work with patients both individually and in groups
- oAbility to evaluate and reflect upon own performance
Physical and Mental Requirements
Essential
- oAbility to work alone in variety of different and unpredictable environments and be able to identify hazards
- oFrequently working with patients and those important to them who may be distressed.
- oHave access to a car for work and be able to travel to patients' homes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Foundation degree/NVQ level 3 or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable
- oRecent and relevant in-service training specific to job description
- oEvidence of personal and professional development portfolio
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- oExperience in health, therapeutic, rehabilitation and/or social care setting
- oExperience of Moving and Handling in a Healthcare setting
- oPrevious experience of support work with people with complex needs, and/or the provision of palliative and end of life care.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with people of all ages and abilities
- oEffective organisational skills
- oAbility to demonstrate empathy, to motivate, to enable and to be sensitive to diverse individual needs
- oAbility to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision
- oAbility to recognise own skill boundaries and take necessary actions when appropriate
- oAbility to work as part of a team and independently on own initiative
- oEvidence of therapy skills competencies
- oGood time management
- oAbility to work flexibly over 7 days if required
- oFlexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of patients, those important to them, team and service
- oAbility to work safely and reliably in community settings and in patients' homes
- oBasic understanding of evidence-based practice and up to date knowledge of relevant literature
- oAbility to demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of the diverse population within Trafford
- oAbility to work with patients both individually and in groups
- oAbility to evaluate and reflect upon own performance
Physical and Mental Requirements
Essential
- oAbility to work alone in variety of different and unpredictable environments and be able to identify hazards
- oFrequently working with patients and those important to them who may be distressed.
- oHave access to a car for work and be able to travel to patients' homes
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).
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Macmillan Wellbeing Centre Trafford General Hospital
Woodside Rd, Davyhulme,
Manchester
M41 5SL
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
