Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Central Manchester Crisis Response Team.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a rapid assessment and stabilisation of patients who have urgent care needs in the community and initiate services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation. This will be through assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis, identifying complex and specialist needs and developing, implement and evaluating programmes of care.
Main duties of the job
Perform comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse physical, social & medical presentations to provide a clinical assessment and evidence based intervention and effective discharge management.
Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care, and that of junior staff and students within the service.
Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with diverse or complex medical presentations and multi-pathologies using analysis, clinical reasoning skills, manual handling techniques and listening skills to receive complex & sensitive details from patients to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
To use confident decision - making skills to contribute to the multi-disciplinary decision making process to rapidly determine suitable discharge destination or to determine an appropriate place ofadmission if admission avoidance is not possible. Good awareness of limitations of own knowledge and skills and when to escalate to senior clinicians.
About us
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.
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/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HCP Registration
- Evidence of relevant post registration training / CPD
Desirable
- Relevant Post graduate Training
- Clinical educator
Experience
Essential
- Community experience
- 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
- Clinical supervision and training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar
- Knowledge of speciality
- 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
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HCP Registration
- Evidence of relevant post registration training / CPD
Desirable
- Relevant Post graduate Training
- Clinical educator
Experience
Essential
- Community experience
- 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
- Clinical supervision and training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar
- Knowledge of speciality
- 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
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
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).
