Community Case Manager

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Chalfont St. Peter; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension

Annual leave

Wellbeing services

NHS discount schemes

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Buckinghamshire is seeking a Community Case Manager to lead nursing interventions in patients' homes, manage a caseload and supervise staff within the Southern Adult Community Healthcare Team. You will assess needs, coordinate visits and contribute to safe, compassionate community care. The role supports training and mentoring to enhance team skills, aligned with Trust values.

Qualifications

• Experience in community or primary care case management.
• Ability to lead and supervise clinical staff.
• Strong assessment and care planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to processes for proactive case finding high-risk patients.
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and initiate therapeutic treatments.
• Improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills.
• Manage referrals and develop case management programmes.
• Coordinate care for patients with long-term conditions using single assessment process.
• Develop clinical pathways and protocols.

Skills

Case management

Leadership

Staff supervision

Care coordination

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

We have an enviable opportunity for a Community Case Manager in Southern Adult Community Healthcare Team. Your leadership skills will help the organization reach its goals in providing gold-standard patient care and allow you to contribute to changes that will improve care in the community. You will have opportunity to implement strategies to support the team in delivering efficient and safe care to clients, working closely with colleagues to coordinate visits and managing the administration of holistic care in the community. The post is to provide nursing interventions to patients in their home environment, provide caseload management and staff supervision in community care delivery. If you are interested in joining our friendly team we would like to hear from you. This is Us... Southern ACHT We aim to provide timely, evidence based, compassionate care to the patients in our community. Our expectations are based on the Trust values of CARE. We Collaborate with each other to meet the needs of our patients. We Aspire to give the best care to our patients and each other. We treat everyone with Respect and Enable our staff to become autonomous practitioner. You will be supported by senior members of your team who will work side by side with you. You will be encouraged to develop your skill set by attending the relevant training courses and study days and develop mentoring an coaching skills to support your team. The case management model will provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual.

• To contribute to processes for proactively case finding patients who are very high intensity users of community and primary healthcare and / or are at high risk of unplanned admission to hospital.
• Assess the physical and psycho-social needs of the defined case load instigating therapeutic treatments and care delivery based on best available evidence.
• To improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills and knowledge.
• To undertake referral management to develop and establish case management programmes for patients referred to the Adult Community Healthcare Teams.
• To manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions who would benefit from case management.
• To plan, co-ordinate and evaluate care programme delivery using the single assessment process, managing patient referrals to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team / service.
• To develop protocols and procedures for clinical pathways.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.