Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the experience of the people of Lancashire and South Cumbria who are an inpatient? If so, come and join our team within the Bed Management and Patient Flow Service at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking a highly skilled nurse, social worker or Occupational Therapist to join our Bed Management team in the role of Complex Case Manager.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be based at Sceptre Point, Sceptre Way, Walton Summit, and will be responsible for providing strong, visible day to day clinical leadership skills. The post holder will actively case management a cohort of service users with complex needs, co-ordinating and progressing discharges.
The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a range of stakeholders. The Complex Case Manager role will provide clinical support to Flow leads/OAP practitioners to maximise opportunities to enable safe discharge from hospital. The post holder will focus and lead on patients with complex needs/long hospital admission and will work with agencies to progress discharges.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate professional qualification RMN/RGN/RNLD/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Management qualification and/or experience
- Evidence of post graduate level study to masters level and or working towards
Knowledge
Essential
- Importance of Equality, Diversity and Rights.
- oDetailed knowledge of professional accountability, and impact on NHS issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead meetings and discussions with senior staff.
- Ability to handle complex and difficult situations competently with patients, carers, staff and external agencies.
- Extensive knowledge of community and inpatient services
- Detailed knowledge of national policies and strategies relating to patient flow and the skills to lead and implement these.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caseload management
- Experience of managing complex cases. Co-ordinating and progressing discharges
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate professional qualification RMN/RGN/RNLD/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Management qualification and/or experience
- Evidence of post graduate level study to masters level and or working towards
Knowledge
Essential
- Importance of Equality, Diversity and Rights.
- oDetailed knowledge of professional accountability, and impact on NHS issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead meetings and discussions with senior staff.
- Ability to handle complex and difficult situations competently with patients, carers, staff and external agencies.
- Extensive knowledge of community and inpatient services
- Detailed knowledge of national policies and strategies relating to patient flow and the skills to lead and implement these.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caseload management
- Experience of managing complex cases. Co-ordinating and progressing discharges
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).
