Cystic Fibrosis Social Worker

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Social Worker within the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Team at Wythenshawe Hospital. The successful candidate will provide high-quality psychosocial support, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to the care of adults with complex health needs in a leading NHS Trust. Join us to make a significant impact on patient care while benefiting from opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing social work support to individuals with chronic illnesses.
• Ability to connect patients with community resources.
• Commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive social work support to individuals and families.
• Assess psychosocial conditions of CF patients and connect them with resources.
• Offer professional guidance on social work issues to the wider CF team.

Skills

Psychosocial care

Flexibility

Team collaboration

Education

Social Work qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Social Worker to join the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Team, located at Wythenshawe Hospital, and part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre (MACFC) is a specialised regional centre that provides personalised and holistic care and support to over 480 individuals with CF who live in the Northwest.

You will be a core member of the CF Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), collaborating closely with clinical psychologists, specialist nurses, dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and medical staff.

We are looking for someone self-motivated, dynamic and passionate about delivering excellent psychosocial care to adults with CF. You will need to be flexible, a team player, and able to demonstrate a commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.

You will provide proactive social work support to individuals with CF, and their families where necessary, around a range of psychosocial issues, including access to resources, community care, employment or education, housing, end of life care and bereavement, as well as supporting those with additional vulnerabilities such as learning disability, mental health, substance misuse or other issues.

Please refer to the "Main Duties Of The Job", "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" sections and the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.

The successful candidate will work 25 hours over 3 days with the aim of:

• Providing high-quality social work support to individuals and families in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
• Assessing the psychosocial conditions of individuals with CF and their families and connecting them with resources to meet their needs.
• Offering professional social work guidance on social work and psychosocial issues to the wider CF Team.
  
  

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fiona Dowdall Job title: Cystic Fibrosis Specialist Social Worker Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07815694378

If you would like more information about the post or would like to visit the MACFC for an informal visit, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email. Please note my working days are Monday - Thursday.