Job overview
Adult Physical Health services are divided into 4 categories Anticipatory, Planned and Unplanned Care and, Specialist services. All services within aim on improving outcomes for people and maximising access to services through integrated working.
Working alongside the District Nursing Service with an Anticipatory Care focus the aim being to reduce pressure on planned and unplanned care services. Supporting, teaching, and providing advice and support following best practice guidance is key to the role. To optimise patient care and ensure that where possible that patient independence is preserved and maintained.
The Community Teams aim to maintain people within their own homes/communities wherever possible and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital through delivering a more co-ordinated approach to care.
The Community Teams work closely with their colleagues in General Practice and the Third Sector organisations. Central to the philosophy and approach the Community Teams are placing the individual at the centre and proactively maximising opportunities for people to have choice, personalisation, and self-care.
Main duties of the job
Supporting, teaching, and providing advice and support following best practice guidance is key to the role. To optimise patient care and ensure that where possible that patient independence is preserved and maintained.
Self Management Facilitators within the Community Teams aim to maintain people within their own homes/communities wherever possible and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital through delivering a more co-ordinated approach to care.
The post holder will work within standard operating procedures / pathways to manage their own workload independently but with reference to a supervisor within the clinical area. In doing so, they will support the assessment of patients and implementation of programmes of care ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge. The post holder will work within a range of standard operating procedures and pathways in which they have received training in order to be competent.
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Actively works towards developing and maintaining effective clinical and corporate working relationships both within and outside the Trust including other agencies, individuals, and higher education Institutes
· Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.
· Actively contributes to the multi-disciplinary team supporting the patient including communication with external care providers, voluntary support services and other agencies; acting as a credible source of information for other agencies/professionals involved in the care as required
· Work as part of a multidisciplinary team including nurses, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, medical staff, pharmacy staff.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Experience of organising and prioritising own workload
Qualifications
Essential criteria
2. Care qualification to NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
3. Experience of working in health or social care settings without direct supervision
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.
Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.
We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.