Inpatient Flow Support Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6322599/351-FYL512-AT |
Summary
The Flow Support Worker will play a prominent role in ensuring the delivery of flow within LSCFT Inpatients. This will be achieved through developing excellent internal Communication pathways, the utilisation of the internal escalation process and ensuring the multi-disciplinary team adhere to the Department’s internal professional Standards.
The post holder will ensure the timely flow of patients through the area to help Identify available capacity and assist to place patients appropriately, supporting the Integrated Discharge Team Practitioner and Flow Lead working within agreed procedures and protocols.
The Integrated Discharge Team is seeking a Patient Flow Support Worker to work alongside the existing practitioners and ward staff to support flow and capacity and ensure admissions in hospital are therapeutic and discharges are safe and effective.
The successful candidate will work with the Multi-disciplinary teams in locality to assist in the facilitation of timely, safe and appropriate hospital discharge arrangements. They will also build relationships with external parties to ensure a discharges are safe whilst maximising their independence and autonomy.
We are looking for individuals who have experience of direct care delivery, ideally with understanding of community and inpatient processes. The applicant should possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to work pro-actively within an MDT setting. Time management is essential and prioritisation of duties.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Jun 2024