The Bridge Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist

Rochdale Health Alliance

The closing date is 05 March 2021

Job overview

Rochdale Health Alliance (RHA) is dedicated to contracting and delivering high quality health services to the community of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) on behalf of its GP Practice members. Our ethos is to improve patient outcomes and experience whilst keeping Primary Care at the forefront of the NHS reforms.

On behalf our Primary Care Networks, we have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join The Bridge Network.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, you will have a Masters degree in Pharmacy [MPharm], be an established Independent Prescriber with or enroute to receive a Clinical Diploma.

With a minimum of 2 yrs post qualification, you will have significant knowledge and clinical experience within community provision in addition to Primary Care.

Your role within the Network will:

• Support the GP Practices to maximise benefits and minimise risk to patients ensuring safe and appropriate use of medicines through clinical monitoring and compliance with legislation
• Develop medication pathways and shared protocols around prescribing areas
• Work with the CCG Medicines Management Team to ensure appropriate consultation and share the learning with colleagues across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Pharmacists
• Advise medical and nursing staff on safe cost effective use of drugs, having critically appraised literature to improve use of medicine in managing primary care patients.

About us

The post holder as an employee of Rochdale Health Alliance will work within the Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist service for GP Practices members, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Providing expertise in clinical medicines management, through face to face structured medication reviews, management of long term conditions, transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit around medications, contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and local contract performance indicators.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following list of duties encompasses a range of areas the networks may require the Clinical Pharmacist to deliver. The list may not be exhaustive.

• Long-term conditions

See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement.

• Patient facing Clinical Medication Review
• Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.
• Patient facing Care Home Medication Reviews

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

• Patient facing Domiciliary Clinical Medication Reviews
• Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Risk stratification

Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.

• Unplanned hospital admissions

Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
• Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
• Patient facing medicines support

Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.

• Telephone medicines support

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

• Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
• To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into Care Homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients

Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.

Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

• Signposting

Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

• Repeat prescribing

Produce and implement a repeat prescribing policy within each PCN practice. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

• Service development

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

• Information management

Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.

• Medicines quality improvement

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.

• Medicines safety
• Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
• Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations

Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on each practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages.

• Education and Training
• Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
• Care Quality Commission

Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

• Public health

To support public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.

• Collaborative working arrangements

Participate in the PCN MDT.

Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.

Work as part of the RHA team and attend meetings/forums and supervision.

Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks.

Explore the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.

Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to:

1. Patients and their representatives

2. GP, nurses and other practice staff

3. Social prescribers, first contact physiotherapists, physicians associates and paramedics.

4. Community pharmacists and support staff

5. Other members of the medicines management (MM) team including pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Dieticians

6. Locality / GP prescribing lead

7. Locality managers

8. Community nurses and other allied health professionals

9. Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation

Safeguarding

All staff are responsible for ensuring that they are familiar with and adhere to RHAs and the CCGs safeguarding procedures and guidelines in conjunctions with the safeguarding Childrens and Adult Board Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.

Prevention of Infection

All staff have a responsibility to comply with RHAS policies for personal and patient safety and for the prevention of healthcare associated infections. This includes rigorous and consistent compliance with policies such as prevention measures as hand hygiene, the use of personal protective equipment and safe disposal of sharps.

Equality and Diversity

We are all responsible for applying the principles of RHAS equality and diversity standards within the application of our duties and ensuring that our actions are non-discriminatory to colleagues and patients.

Health and Safety

RHA has a statutory responsibility to provide and maintain a healthy and safe environment for workers, patients and visitors. Workers equally have a responsibility to ensure that they promote and maintain a safe working environment; reporting appropriately any risks. RHAs Health and Safety policy within the Staff Handbook outlines staff responsibilities.

Information Governance

To comply with Company policies and procedures relating to Information Governance. This will include, but not be limited to, Confidentiality policies, record management protocols, the Information Security Policy, The Data Protection Act, The Freedom of Information Act etc.

The post holder shall not, during or after working at RHA, disclose confidential information belonging to the company. You have a responsibility to protect and maintain confidentiality of all information. You must not, except as authorised or required by law or your duties, reveal any confidential information.

This obligation will continue after the termination of this work unless and until any such information enters the public domain.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.
• Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations, e.g. CCGs).
• Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues.
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines.
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative.
• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated
• within a practice portfolio.
• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Understand the principles of research governance
• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions.
• Self-motivation.
• Immunisation status.
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes.

Desirable

• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA).
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Clinical Diploma.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.

Desirable

• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA).
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification.
• Clinical Diploma.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.

Employer details

Employer name

Rochdale Health Alliance

Address

The Old Post Office

No 2 The Esplanade

Rochdale

Greater Manchester

OL16 1AE

Employer's website

https://rochdalehealthalliance.co.uk/

Senior System Manager

The Christie NHS FT

The closing date is 19 March 2021

Job overview

We are now seeking to recruit a full time Senior System Managers to join a team of Senior System Managers who provide support in the day to day management and maintenance of live clinical and corporate systems across the Trust. The post holder would be responsible for the overall management, administration, support, development, documentation, reporting and training associated with operational use of the applications used within the Trust.

Applicants must have experience of hospital information systems and possess excellent organisational and communication skills. Experience and knowledge of Microsoft 365 would be desirable. The candidate should be hard-working and capable of working on their own initiative and under pressure, as well as working within the team to maintain a high standard of service.

Main duties of the job

The Senior System Manager is responsible for the management, administration, support, development, documentation, reporting and training associated with operational use of clinical and corporate information systems within the Trust

The post holder will support the relevant Assistant Service Manager/s to establish a system user group (or groups) for their designated systems helping to ensure that the key stakeholders and users are represented. The purpose of the user group is to ensure that the system(s) is used effectively, efficiently and safely

The post holder will work with the Information and Business Intelligence teams where necessary to support the divisions in providing data to support the agreed data requirements on trust objectives and national targets

The post holder will support the immediate Senior Systems team by providing cross-cover of other systems where necessary

The post holder will develop close working relationships with all members of the Informatics team

About us

The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a centre of excellence at the forefront in the treatment of cancer care, research and education. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of The Christie at a key time in the hospitals evolution to deliver a paperless working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

General Duties

• Provide second-line support to all system level problems, issues and faults. Responsible for undertaking full analysis and applying own judgement in relation to each issue that arises; accurately identifying the impact and severity before ensuring the implementation of appropriate timely resolutions.
• Work with users and other stakeholders across the Trust in developing the use of the system to ensure that it is utilised effectively to support the operational efficiency of the department.
• Develop appropriate policies and procedures in relation to the operation and administration of designated systems.
• Administer the system on a daily basis ensuring correct and efficient operation in-line with agreed policies and procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring all aspects of system housekeeping, data integrity and security are managed.
• Manage the creation and removal of user accounts as required and the population of system management tables working with suppliers and others as necessary.
• Manage and review system utilisation and error reports assessing risks and benefits associated with the system.
• Manage system upgrades including assessment of functionality change, testing, communications, supplier liaison, implementation co-ordination and training. Deal with complex queries escalated from system managers.
• Work with other system stakeholders and Integration team to ensure that data is transferred automatically and accurately between various systems taking the lead to resolve problems or issues when they arise taking into consideration any impact on other systems.
• Work with the suppliers staff and other third parties helping to build a positive partnership approach to managing the system and issue resolution.
• Work with divisions to ensure interfaces between the clinical systems and any relevant medical devices are fully tested and operating correctly following upgrades, new installations and routine servicing.
• Conduct system demonstrations and actively promote and champion the use of systems at every opportunity.
• Ensure that invoices relating to systems are checked for accuracy and passed for payment where required.
• Represent the Trust and its interests at external system user group meetings.
• Utilise the team to ensure skills and knowledge sharing to facilitate cross cover; providing additional support during periods of increased workload as a result of specific system upgrades, implementations, issue resolution, etc., as well as for holiday and other absences.

Data Quality

• Work to ensure that accurate and timely data is recorded within the system.
• Work towards the development and implementation of a comprehensive set of robust data checks, audits and procedures in accordance with the Data Quality Policy.
• Ensure practical steps are taken to resolve system functionality and data collection issues highlighted by Data Quality processes.

Reporting

• Produce appropriate and timely reports from the system which will assist in the management of departmental services and meet the Trusts obligations for external information provision.
• Participate in the Christie Business Intelligence team ensuring that data is collected, reported and exported as required.
• Work to ensure that relevant data items that form part of the national mandatory data sets and national audits are captured within the systems as part of the care process.

Training

• Deliver one to one and group training sessions to all levels of clinical and administrative staff adopting a flexible and relaxed approach.
• Provide detailed instruction and respond to individual staff questions on the practical use of systems, seeking advice where necessary.
• Ensure that each course attendee is assessed for required competencies and that accurate records of outcomes are maintained before authorising certification and system access.
• Co-ordinate training programmes for clinical and non-clinical staff in relation to the use of the system, including the on-going training for new personnel and following system upgrade.
• Provide training for staff from own or other disciplines on own subject area, when required.

Human Resources

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of own team (if applicable) in line with appropriate policies, procedures, working practices and guidelines, ensuring all resources are deployed to maximise an efficient and effective delivery of support services to patients and users.
• Provide regular performance reports on progress, status and achievements for own area to be used by management and users.
• Undertake and support the development of staff in line with personal development reviews and other associated guidance if applicable.
• On occasion the post holder may be required to work unsociable hours to support and/or enable the delivery of key programmes or projects.
• Participate in an on-call or out-of-hours service, when required.

Financial/Physical Resources

• Participate in the management of financial resources allocated to own areas and make proposals to maximise those resources through recharges, and cost saving opportunities.
• Be responsible for the safe use of ICT hardware and software
• Monitor the maintenance and support contracts allocated to own area, ensuring continuity of service and budget management. Liaise with third party suppliers to identify and evaluate potential value for money contracts.
• Liaise with external agencies, suppliers and contractors ensuring delivery of service is in line with agreed contracts.
• Participate in business appraisals and business case production when required in partnership with Trust stake holders. Undertake solution searches and appraisals of supplier proposals.
• Ensure Trust procurement processes and procedures are followed in a timely and efficient manner and participate in the procurement process where relevant, providing assistance for the development and assessment of procurement documentation as required.
• Ensure the post holder adheres to Trust Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and procurement guidelines.

Project Management

• Advise and participate in the development and implementation of projects, where required, ensuring Informatics provision of integrated solutions and user objectives are achieved.
• Ensure project tasks, where required, are successfully delivered in line with agreed timescales.
• Support the activities of project boards and project teams, when required, and making presentations, where required, to all levels of staff.
• Ensure any project management documentation or reports are delivered in line with agreed standards and timescales.

Policy/Service Development/Governance

• Act as an ambassador for Informatics Service by developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with users across the organisation to deliver a high quality, standard IT culture to achieve local requirements and national targets.
• Lead in the development and maintenance of a culture of service provision and continuous improvement for own areas.
• Be responsible for development of/and implementing policies for own work area and for proposing changes to policies, in line with legislation, Trust and NHS policies and guidelines across the Trust, where appropriate.
• Pro-actively participate in ensuring that Informatics services delivered within the Trust reflect best practice with respect to organisational, NHS and legislative requirements and guidelines including IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Data Protection Act (1998), Information Standards, Information Security and compliance with NHS Information Governance.
• Participate in Information Governance and security as required and ensure appropriate governance and security in own area.
• Participate in quality management system, undertaking audits designed to improve IT systems and services.
• Ensure change management is applied in own areas and follows implemented policies and procedures.
• Ensure all documentation relating to own area is complete and fit for purpose and all releases relating to hardware, software and documentation is controlled.
• Ensure there is a proactive and comprehensive approach to risk management and be responsible for service continuity for own area and participate in the Informatics service continuity planning.
• Provide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for allocated incidents and problems as directed; instigating emergency action, when required, liaising with other Trust Managers, as appropriate.
• Support users to be familiar and comply with the requirements of Caldicott, the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act and to implement any required changes in accordance to these or any other statutory requirements.
• The post holder will act as the Information Asset Administrator (IAA) for their identified system.
• Responsible as IAA, for completion of the relevant sections of the annual Information Governance return pertaining to the identified system.
• Production of all policies and procedures relating to user account creation, password management, etc. as required under Information Governance.
• Maintain documentation on how the system is utilised.

Business Continuity Management

• Participate in the development, exercising, maintaining and reviewing of business continuity plans.
• Participate in the business impact analysis exercises highlighting critical business processes within own area.
• Be familiar with the Trust Business Continuity Plan and personal responsibilities within where applicable.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
• Office based role with the need for travel to Christie managed sites as necessary
• Ability to participate in out-of-hours on-call Rota
• Requirement for occasional travel to external user group meetings
• Flexible working hours ensuring core clinical system coverage from 8:00am to 6:00pm weekdays
• Ability to undertake working out-of-hours, weekend and Public Holidays as required

Desirable

• Driving Licence / Car Owner

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of hospital services and how services interlink
• ICT systems can support clinicians in the treatment of patients within a hospital
• Specialist knowledge of how ICT systems can support the administration processes and management of a hospital
• Knowledge of the working practices used within the Trust, e.g. Inpatients, Outpatients, Medical Records and Medical Secretaries
• Specialist knowledge and experience of clinical system(s)
• Knowledge of Cancer Services

Desirable

• Understanding of how services are commissioned within the NHS.
• An understanding of the Informatics Strategy of the NHS and its implications
• An understanding of an NHS Trust's information requirements
• An understanding of an NHS Trust's obligations in relation to the submission of information to external parties
• Knowledge of the principles of computer networking

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills - verbal, written, presentational and interpersonal skills. Advanced keyboard and telephone skills
• IT literacy in basic network principles, client/server models and databases
• Analytical skills in data extraction, data analysis and report writing
• Able to interpret the working practices of others and manage the introduction of new ways of working to improve service delivery creating documentation and policies
• Ability to communicate complex system and technical issues to a variety of staff at different levels within the organisation
• Ability to use own initiative, coach individuals and lead a team promoting enthusiasm and commitment
• Able to work to deadlines, prioritise and manage workload in a busy and changing environment
• Well presented, flexible, positive, resilient, methodical, team player. Ability to organise self and others
• Excellent problem solving skills

Desirable

• Application of essential skills within NHS environment
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Team management experience - recruitment, appraisal and work monitoring
• Ability to think creatively
• IT literate, including keyboard skills, in the use of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office products, MS SQL and Crystal Reports

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience with Windows and Microsoft packages Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience of successfully managing a number of equally important tasks successfully
• Extensive NHS experience working with administration, clinical and management staff within a hospital environment. With significant experience in a system management role
• Experience of the management of change and successfully implementing new systems and/or time limited projects
• Previous experience of system user support and training
• Development of policies, procedures and system documentation
• Flexibility to work on various tasks at the same time. Experience of working on Projects and application issues at the same time.

Desirable

• Supervisory experience
• Experience with Microsoft Project and Visio
• Experience of leading small teams through implementations
• Experience of identifying training needs, designing training to meet those needs and undertaking post course evaluation
• Previous experience of process mapping

Qualifications

Essential

• University Degree in a related subject or demonstrable equivalent experience

Desirable

• PRINCE 2
• ITIL

Employer details

Employer name

The Christie NHS FT

Address

Applications - E00424

Manchester

M20 4BX

Employer's website

https://www.christie.nhs.uk/

R02122 - Registered Nurse (RMN)

Making Space

The closing date is 18 May 2021

Job overview

Making Space, a national charity providing Health & social care services, is recruiting for a Registered Nurse (RMN) to join the team at our Registered Care Home , Beyer Lodge based in Greater Manchester (M18 8DF).

As Registered Nurse you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients and support the Care Manager in the management and development of the Home.

Main duties of the job

The Role:

• Act as a named nurse to patients ensuring the person centred planning is central to the process in order to ensure rehabilitation, recovery and social inclusion
• Support the hospital manager in the management and development of the hospital
• Ensure that each patient has an individualised, care plan and risk assessments
• Support a team of support workers and ensure they understand the need to promote rehabilitation and independence
• Participate in the setting, monitoring and evaluation of standards of care and clinical audit and contribute to the clinical governance processes
• Deliver a quality service that complies with CQC standards

About you:

Registered Nurse (RMN) with active PIN - Experience of working within the field of older people mental health and dementia - Understanding of relevant legislation, strategies and policies when working with service users and carers and advising colleagues appropriately - Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct

About us

Beyer Lodge is a registered care home providing nursing, care, treatment and reablement for up to 16 older people living with a mental health conditions. The team deliver person centred care which meets the needs and wishes of service users.

At the heart of our service we offer person-centred care, which includes a varied and stimulating programme of therapies and daily activities designed to meet service users needs and wishes and enhance their quality of life.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including

• A stakeholder employer contribution pension scheme.
• Career development, including professional qualifications and access to various training opportunities.
• 25 days annual leave
• Ability to buy annual leave
• Love 2 Shop Recognition & Reward Platform
• Recognised external Cycle to Work scheme
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose

To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients and support the Hospital Manager in the management and development of the Hospital. To contribute to the promotion of a person centred service.

To deliver a quality service that meets the Statement of Purpose, complies with the PVH Regulations 2001, what about CQC Fundamental Standards and the Care Act and meets and aims to exceed the NMSs for Health Care Establishments, the relevant Core and Development Standards for Better Health and the service level agreement.

Principal Accountabilities

1. To act as a named nurse to patients ensuring the philosophy of person centred planning is central to the process in order to ensure rehabilitation, recovery and social inclusion whilst developing supportive and empathic relationships with patients and carers and to implement the CPA process ensuring that patients have a minimum of one CPA every 6 months.

2. To manage a team of employees ensuring that the Companys people management policies, procedures and processes are implemented and provide a professional, efficient and effective handover to all team members.

3. To participate in the setting, monitoring and evaluation of standards of care and clinical audit and contribute to the clinical governance processes.

4. To adhere to current statutory responsibilities including the NMC Professional Code of Conduct, National Service Frameworks, national standards (NMS for Independent Healthcare Establishments), good practice guidance (e.g. Nice clinical guidance), and clinical governance arrangements, in order to ensure an environment in which clinical practice flourishes.

5. To ensure that each patient has an individualised, multi professional, care plan and risk assessments prepared under the direction of the Responsible Medical Officer and/or care co-ordinator, which provides for both the long-term and immediate needs of the patient, and which includes a specific programme of therapeutic activities, within the clinical area and to assess, plan and implement and evaluate individual programmes of care.

6. To work in partnership with the people we support, carers, staff and other organisations in order to plan, develop, and deliver effective integrated services which deliver best outcomes for patients and carers and participate in the training of staff and others where appropriate.

7. To provide information the Mental Health Act Commission to assist them during the audit process.

8. To ensure that the Care Programme Approach includes assessment of carers` needs and the planning and development of a carers care plan when appropriate.

9. To maintain accurate records and to write reports in line with the service level agreement and Making Spaces requirements e.g. reports for the allocation meetings; audit reports and develop and implement policies as and when required.

10. To adhere to the statutory responsibilities placed upon the organisation, for example Health and Safety at Work act 1974, Mental Health Act amended 2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Care Standards Act 2014

11. To ensure that team members undertake an integrated assessment, planning and review approach with service users, by using tools for example using the Recovery/Outcome Star and where necessary arrange for more specialist support.

12. To demonstrate responsibility and leadership for promoting and championing all aspects of equal opportunities by valuing diversity in all areas of work.

13. To take responsibility for ensuring and achieving the objectives of the Making Space Health and Safety Policy.

14. To undertake any other duties in order to meet personal, team and organisational objectives following consultation with your manager.

15. To adopt working practices that minimises risk and maintains own and others health, safety and security that are consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

16. To report any suspicion of risk to the appropriate people and/or organisation that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

17. To adhere to and work within all the policies of Making Space such as protection of adults at risk, child protection policy, confidentiality and data protection policies, and all other Making Space policies

18. To comply with the General Social Care Council Code of Professional Conduct for Social Care Workers

19. To ensure the ongoing safety of the people we support by reporting/actioning concerns through Local Authority Safeguarding Policies or the organisations whistle blowing policy

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse and active on NMC Register

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional development -Experience of working within the field of older people mental health and dementia - Experience of effective patient rehabilitation and facilitation of therapeutic programmes/environment - Experience of planning, monitoring, auditing and evaluating work to meet objectives - Development of socially inclusive care plans, which promote independence and recovery. - Experience of using information technology for a range of different purposes - Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct

Desirable

• Experience of supervising staff, including Clinical Supervision
• An awareness and understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Employer details

Employer name

Making Space

Address

65 Taylor Street

Manchester

M18 8DF

Employer's website

https://makingspace.co.uk