This Senior Assistant Practitioner and Coordinator post sits in the Transfer of Care service of East London NHS Foundation Trust's locality team across Bedfordshire. The post holder manages a set caseload of Transfer of Care patients, carrying out initial assessments, building care plans, making onward referrals and coordinating discharges with partner agencies. The work is community-based and largely autonomous, with lone working, use of their own vehicle and rotating weekend and bank holiday shifts. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are needed.
What the job involves
- Plan team work by triaging new referrals and allocating ongoing work to meet demand
- Manage own caseload and reprioritise workloads of self and others under pressure, covering colleagues in absence
- Coordinate the Transfer of Care service across discharges, Urgent Care Response and Virtual Wards, and build integrated working with partner services
- Conduct initial assessments, develop care plans and make onward referrals
- Coordinate with multiple agencies to deliver effective, timely discharges
- Chair multidisciplinary caseload meetings and feed patient information back to the team
- Support the in-reach model into Bedfordshire Hospitals, including MADE events
- Act as named contact for clients and elevate relevant issues to senior staff
- Supervise team members and carry out appraisals
- Work autonomously in the community, including lone working with own vehicle
- Complete the duty rota for the Transfer of Care element of the locality team
- Maintain own rehabilitation caseload, providing education and health promotion across Bedfordshire
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 or significant care experience
- Care Certificate
Experience
- Experience of coordinating or liaising within a multidisciplinary team
Skills & knowledge
- Working within a community health or social care setting
- Strong knowledge of health and mental health conditions
- Ability to cope with changing demands and unpredictable working
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK driving licence
Other
- Access to a vehicle and able to drive across Bedfordshire
Nice to have
- NVQ Level 3
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Ability to use Microsoft Teams, Excel and spreadsheets
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
