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Job overview

**This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the ‘ECT Family’ this includes current East Cheshire NHS Trust employees, bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust.** 

The Knutsford District Nursing Team in East Cheshire NHS Trust is looking for an experienced Community Caseload Manager on a Secondment basis for 3 months  who has the enthusiasm and positive approach to join a multi-disciplinary team with a vision to deliver the right care, at the right time, to help improve the lives of our local residents.

Our Team is based at the Community Hospital in the leafy town of Knutsford. Our caseload consists of housebound patients and we cover a wide, semi-rural patch consisting of the market town and the surrounding countryside.

Ideally, the candidate must have an excellent communication skills and have two years post-registration experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our innovative team to drive forward the expansion and modernisation of community nursing service with commitment to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan.

The successful candidate will work closely with the therapy team, ACPs and GPs within the centre. 

Travel is an essential part of this role.  Please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.

Hours per week: 37.5

Main duties of the job

To provide holistic, high quality, safe and skilled health and social care / support to patients, carers and their families

To work closely with member of the integrated care team to provide rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions for patients in their own homes or other community settings, putting patients at the centre of their care and enabling  patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible

To be responsible /manage individual and team caseload of patients and carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes.

To provide leadership and support across the care community team demonstrating emotional intelligence to recognise pressures of self and team

Working for our organisation

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care,  delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with  Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.