Discharge Facilitation Team Mental Health Practitioner

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**
  
  

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.

An exciting opportunity for two motivated mental health practitioners, one based in Cheshire West and one in Wirral (expectation to also cover across locality) who has experience of working within mental health services. If you are passionate about supporting people to further their recover, and to ensure people only stay in hospital as long as they need to - this is the role for you. We are seeking someone with a can do attitude, to join our Discharge Facilitation team, working alongside Patient Flow. The Discharge Coordinator role is a crucial role across acute care services, supporting to solve daily challenges and remove barriers to discharge. If this sounds like the role for you, we will be apply to receive your application. Good Luck!

The post holder will work closely with community care coordinators, First

Response Services and inpatient teams, identifying any barriers to

discharge for CWP inpatients. They will work ‘hand in hand’ with their

colleagues in the team, other community teams in and out of Trust,

primary care colleagues and the patient’s family/carers to facilitate safe

and timely discharges. They will ensure that the estimated discharge date

as identified during reviews is progressed where possible and feasible.

The Post holder will be expected to work as part of the Urgent Care Mental Health First response service which includes Crisis Triage and response

services, Liaison Psychiatry, Home Treatment teams, Street Triage and

Liaison and Diversion Services

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Richard Banahene Job title: DFT Manager Email address: [email protected]

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100