A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will provide expertise, leadership and support to health visitors who are working with a child with a disability and who may have special educational needs, and their families for 3 days (0.6 WTE). They will be a member of a Health Visiting (HV) team undertaking a corporate caseload responsibility for any remaining contracted hours up to 2 days (0.4WTE). This may be modified to meet service need.
Lead, facilitate and embed a positive, pro-active approach to supporting children with disabilities.
Maintain an up-to-date, citywide overview of all children with disabilities
Co-ordinate and facilitate effective communication between all professionals and partner agencies involved in the care planning of the child and family.
Be an advocate for children with disabilities and their families at strategic, inter-agency working groups
Co-ordinate, update and disseminate information on resources, services, support networks and contacts for children with disabilities to enable health visitors to facilitate timely access to support.
Co-ordinate and provide learning opportunities, expertise and guidance for health visiting teams in order to optimise and safeguard health outcomes for children with disabilities.
Implement, evaluate and audit agreed processes for information sharing and partnership working between health visitors and other agencies involved in managing the child with disabilities.
Co-ordinate and facilitate the seamless handover of care in partnership with key stakeholders when the child starts school.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024