Community High Intensity User Caseload Manager-Band 6 (Internal Only)

Job overview

**This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the ‘ECT Family’ this includes current East Cheshire NHS Trust employees, bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from applicants not listed within these groups. **

The Macclesfield Care Community team in East Cheshire NHS Trust is looking for a Community Caseload Manager who has the enthusiasm and positive approach to join a multi-disciplinary team.

This role is to support our High Intensity User caseload identified through the Care Community High Intensity User programme (supported via the Better Care Fund). As the District Nurse High Intensity User lead, you will work in partnership our primary care colleagues to support our patient population in receiving the required interventions to enable self care and ongoing support.

The role involves looking at a patient’s core reasons for high use of services, and working with them (and their families) to develop a person-centred approach to better manage their health and wider wellbeing concerns to improve their quality of life and reduce their need for emergency contacts with services. This will involve collaboration with wider systems partners, support a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Travel is an essential part of this role.  Please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.

Hours per week: 37.5

Main duties of the job

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To provide holistic, high quality, safe and skilled health and social care / support to patients, carers and their families

To work closely with member of the integrated care team to provide rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions for patients in their own homes or other community settings, putting patients at the centre of their care and enabling  patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible

To be responsible /manage individual and team caseload of patients and carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes.

To provide leadership and support across the care community team demonstrating emotional intelligence to recognise pressures of self and team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.