Senior Assistant Practitioner and Coordinator

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Assistant Practitioner and Coordinator to manage a caseload within the Transfer of Care service for Bedfordshire. The role involves initial assessments, care planning, referrals, and coordinating discharges with partner agencies in a largely autonomous community setting.

Applicants should have NVQ Level 2 or Care Certificate, with experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 or significant care experience
• Care Certificate

Responsibilities

• Plan team work by triaging new referrals and allocating ongoing work
• Manage own caseload and reprioritise workloads under pressure
• Coordinate the Transfer of Care service across discharges, Urgent Care Response and Virtual Wards
• Conduct initial assessments, develop care plans and make onward referrals
• Coordinate with multiple agencies to deliver timely discharges
• Chair multidisciplinary caseload meetings and feed patient information back to the team
• 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 rehabilitation caseload, providing education and health promotion across Bedfordshire

Skills

Community health

Mental health knowledge

Adaptability

Education

NVQ Level 2

Care Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Excel

Job description

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