Job summary
- Main area
- CCICP
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 412-COMM-7241945
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leighton Hospital
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Integrated Placement of Care Hub Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and forward thinking Integrated Placement of Care Hub Team.
The hub supports inpatients who are being discharged into the community adopting a home first approach. The hub assesses, triages and provide discharge routes for a wide variety of patients, either in their own home, in short stay bed based or long term care.
The range of patients we support is vast, from rehab to palliative care both in and out of acute settings. The Band 6 practitioners rotate across services, and are fully supported/trained under the direction of the team leaders and clinical service lead.
To support this level of complex communication, this team are the founders of the HSJ award winning IDT system, a web based, user friendly system which is used by multiple partners and the envy of many trusts. We are continually striving to improve and are excited by the many new projects that lie ahead of us.
We are looking for highly motivated, friendly and professional staff to expand our team and help us to achieve safe, effective patient flow from hospital and out of short term settings.
In addition you should be experienced in complex discharge in either acute or community settings, have a passion for improving patient flow and be confident in engaging a wide range of disciplines in order to achieve the right outcomes for your patients.
Main duties of the job
You will act as an practitioner providing expert knowledge of discharge planning to other professionals both in the acute & community care settings.
Manage and support the leadership team to reduce service users length of stay and promote patient flow across all settings.
Will have the ability to make autonomous decisions regarding the ongoing care needs of our service users.
Liaise and communicate with the wider multidisciplinary team, patients & family members- advanced communication skills essential for this role.
Deliver specialised assessment.
Complex case management.
We cover a 7 day a week service, therefore any successful candidate would be expected to work a number of weekends and bank holidays.
Travel is needed as part of this role; please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Show effective communication skills, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Ensure patients needs are assessed and ongoing care is effectively implemented.
Maintain accurate records and documentation both written & electronic.
Take responsibility of own learning maintaining mandatory training, appraisal & professional registration requirements.
Active participation in improving other professionals understanding & learning regarding patient flow and discharge planning.
Comply with CCICP policies & procedures, including responding to safeguarding concerns appropriately.
Deputise for the leadership team when needed, demonstrating effective clinical leadership, organising other team members.
Provide pastoral support to junior members of the team, including the expanding GNA service.
Person specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered: NMC registered, diploma or degree qualification
- Experience of working within a multi- disciplinary setting.
Desirable criteria
- • Communication skills training • Membership of a relevant professional body & related specialist sub-groups • To be aware of professional organisations and specialists that can assist with implementation of evidence- based care to ensure links with local and regional groups are established. • Clinical Educator training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area • In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation. • Detailed awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends.
- • Importance of equality, diversity and rights in patient care • Experience of complex discharge planning and assessment of needs in acute or community settings
Desirable criteria
- • Working knowledge of HR / Clinical Governance policies e.g. managing attendance, capability, risks, complaints Knowledge of Discharge to assess processes and different funding streams Knowledge of patient flow issues and impact on services
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills, different communication needs of patients in different settings • Participate/chair meetings/discussions • Participated in changes to practice • Ability to present factual information logically, verbally and in writing • Ability to manage own workload, co-ordinate the work of others • Leadership and management skills • Teaching and assessing skills • Research and audit skills • Contribution to policy development • IT skills/email
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of advanced skills Evidence of contribution to meetings/discussions outside the team Evidence of leadership skills Production of policies, guidelines Evidence of practice
previous experience
Essential criteria
- • Broad range of clinical expertise • Examples of effective team working • Acute or community complex discharge planning skills • Assessment of long-term needs
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership and management skills. Experience of working with wider system partners
additional requirements
Essential criteria
- • Good attendance record • Ability to perform a wide range of duties according to the Job Description • Car driver • DBS checked
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carla Fife
- Job title
- IPOCH Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 273025
- Additional information
Amy Morris
IPOCH Team Leader
01270 273025
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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