Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in improving the health of our local population? Do you want to be part of a pioneering community system?
A new and exciting opportunity has become available, for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our Neighbourhood Manchester Case Management team in the North of the city.
Manchester Case Management (MCM) supports people in our community, who are living with but are struggling to effectively manage, multiple long term conditions. The focus of MCM is manage escalating clinical need and risk, reduce reliance on unplanned health and/or social care, increase a person's ability to anticipate and manage their own health needs and connect the individual to community support, via the neighbourhood Care Navigator.
The focus of the ANP role will be primarily to provide clinical oversight on the management of people on the MCM caseload, supporting the neighbourhood teams especially across the interface between neighbourhood and urgent community care.
As the lead clinician within MCM, the post holder will be expected to:
actively promote a person centred, strengths based approach to care and support
support a culture of continuous improvement
be responsible for managing escalating clinical need and associated risks
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, who will be expected to take an active role in responding to and managing the increasing clinical risk, of patients who are on the Co-ordinated Care Pathway (CCP).
This role will provide comprehensive healthcare, sensitive to the needs of the patient population. This will include advanced clinical assessments, history taking, diagnosis, care planning and delivery, prescribing and evaluation of the team's intervention.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, as well as across the primary, secondary and social care interfaces in Manchester, (for both physical and mental health), the post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the delivery of health care, which is person-centred and meets the escalating needs and associated risks, of people on the CCP.
The post holder will lead in developing, delivering and evaluating high quality patient centred interventions, which patients are satisfied with and which align to the delivery of Manchester Local Care Organisation's objectives.
The post holder will provide clinical support and advice to case managers within MCM and act as a resource for other clinicians working within the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (eg: /District Nursing).
The post holder will be expected to undertake a day a week within urgent care services to maintain clinical skills and support integration between neighbourhoods and urgent care.
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
- MSC in Advanced Practice
- Relevant professional health degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
- Current registration with NMC, HPC and or other statutory body
Desirable
- Communication/counselling skills training
- Specialist Practitioner
- Coaching/Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience. Leadership. experience at Band 7 or above
- Proven experience of working as an independent practitioner
- In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation, relevant to community
- Experience of leading, planning and completing audit/research.
- Experience of teaching and mentoring of staff across the multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Evidence of applying research in practice.
- Postgraduate
- Leadership
- Qualification
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- Able to demonstrate care which reflects evidence based practice
- Can demonstrate experience of acute disease management and crisis care
- Communication skills including presentation skills
- Leadership skills with ability to engage and deliver change through negotiation and partnership working
- Management skills with team building abilities
- IT skills
- Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
- Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
- Ability to manage high pressured situations
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
Desirable
- Evidence of recognised knowledge/skills in service improvement.
- Caseload management
personal qualities
Essential
- Self-motivated and innovative
- Assertive and Confident
- Enthusiastic
- Empathetic and Supportive
- Flexible to meet the needs of 7 day, extended hours community service
- Access to a car for business use on a daily basis
- Able to deal with occasional unpleasant working conditions
- Ability to manage and diffuse stressful situations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSC in Advanced Practice
- Relevant professional health degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
- Current registration with NMC, HPC and or other statutory body
Desirable
- Communication/counselling skills training
- Specialist Practitioner
- Coaching/Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience. Leadership. experience at Band 7 or above
- Proven experience of working as an independent practitioner
- In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation, relevant to community
- Experience of leading, planning and completing audit/research.
- Experience of teaching and mentoring of staff across the multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Evidence of applying research in practice.
- Postgraduate
- Leadership
- Qualification
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- Able to demonstrate care which reflects evidence based practice
- Can demonstrate experience of acute disease management and crisis care
- Communication skills including presentation skills
- Leadership skills with ability to engage and deliver change through negotiation and partnership working
- Management skills with team building abilities
- IT skills
- Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
- Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
- Ability to manage high pressured situations
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
Desirable
- Evidence of recognised knowledge/skills in service improvement.
- Caseload management
personal qualities
Essential
- Self-motivated and innovative
- Assertive and Confident
- Enthusiastic
- Empathetic and Supportive
- Flexible to meet the needs of 7 day, extended hours community service
- Access to a car for business use on a daily basis
- Able to deal with occasional unpleasant working conditions
- Ability to manage and diffuse stressful situations
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).
