Job summary
- Main area
- Continuing Healthcare
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 896-TRAF-1025
- Employer
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trafford Town Hall
- Town
- Stretford
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Case Manager (Adults MH LD)
Band 7
Job overview
The post-holder will work to support the Service Design Manager with the effective commissioning of highly complex individualised care packages and will be required to undertake commissioning reviews to ensure that care and treatment objectives are clearly established by the clinical team and met within agreed timeframes. The post-holder will also work with the commissioning manager to implement the NHS Transforming Care Agenda. This is to support the delivery of appropriate care to meet identified needs in the least restrictive environment, to maintain the commissioning of person-centred and cost effective care packages as well as reviewing such as required. They will be an active participant in the Individual Mental Health and Disability (IMHaD) Group where applications for NHS funded care are considered and where recommendations are made to the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Resource Allocation Panel (MH & LD RAP).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with commissioned NHS, social care, independent and voluntary sector providers to develop wraparound packages of support that facilitate the timely and safe transition of individuals with Mental Health needs and Learning Disabilities from acute and specialist care settings.
Operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment and proactively engage with NHS and independent sector staff, consultants, clinical teams, and contractors working on a variety of topics. Our key partners are:
• Cheshire and Wirral Partnership
• Greater Manchester Mental Health Care Coordinators, Team Leaders
• Manchester Foundation Trust Trafford Psychological Therapies service
• Respect for All Counselling services
• Primary Care staff including General Practitioners, Practice Nurses
• Northern Care Alliance Neuro Rehabilitation team
• Private providers of healthcare
• Trafford Council Social Care Team
Working for our organisation
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
This role is in the Trafford locality within the Nursing Directory and is attributed to the Personalised Care Service.
Our NHS People Promise – the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled, and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure own actions contribute to the maintenance of a quality service provision.
To be responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies through participation in training and development activities and to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post.
To participate in the ICS performance and development review and to undertake any identified training and development related to the post.
To undertake statutory and mandatory training as deemed appropriate by the ICS.
To develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
To adhere to all ICS policies and procedures.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
Safeguarding Children and Adults
All staff must ensure they adhere to the ICBs safeguarding children and adults policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. They must be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the ICB in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. Staff must keep up to date with safeguarding knowledge and skills by undertaking mandatory safeguarding training as specified in the ICB safeguarding policies, which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and knowing how to raise concerns when these are identified.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration such as NMC registration, RMN RNLD
- Evidence of post registration education and training, supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification Dual NMC registration RMN/RNLD
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree or equivalent level or Nursing qualification or equivalent Occupational Health, Physiotherapist, Social Worker qualification with current registration
- Evidence of post registration education and training, supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a health care environment.
- Extensive mental health experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication including providing and receiving complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence
- Experience completing complex case reviews and reports with recommendations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to review the quality and outcomes of services for people with a mental health need
- Line management responsibility for IMHaD administrator
- Excellent knowledge around NHS Framework for Continuing Healthcare and Section 117 aftercare Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care policy including Transforming Care Programme, and application to practice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Walker
- Job title
- Service Design Manager IMHaD
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812774020
- Additional information
Louise Haydock-Myers Head of personalised Care Trafford
Email [email protected] or 07929673136
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