Senior Practitioner for Patient Flow

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Team at Laureate House in a role that supports demand and capacity. The Senior Practitioner for Flow will have oversight of bed demand in the Manchester Care Group and work closely with the nursing and operational team to support timely admission and discharges. The post holder will link in with the Trust wide bed management hub to maintain clear communication and there is also an opportunity for some further development of this role to work closely with the newly formed Integrated discharge Team and other VSCE partners.

Main duties of the job

Promote effective patient flow based on individual service users care pathways whilst ensuring least restrictive practice and optimizing lengths of stay and support the GMMH Trust wide goal to reduce out of area placements.

To promote and facilitate timely admissions and discharges within inpatient unit through safe, timely and effective bed management.

To operate as a member of Inpatient Multi-disciplinary team to provide clinical expertise to facilitate safe discharge from the inpatient service and work closely with the Integrated discharge team.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

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• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered professional
• Experience in Urgent care services / flow
• Diploma/ post grad degree education

Knowledge

• An understanding of the complex needs of this client group
• Understanding of MHA / MCA

Experience

• Experience of SCA work
• Experience in attending panel and securing funding
• Knowledge of commissioning framework to support discharge

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.