Older Adult Intensive Home Treatment Team Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a B6 Mental Health Practitioner to join a newly created Home Intensive Treatment Service for older adults in Bury.

The team will provide an alternative to inpatient admission for Bury older adults with either a functional or organic condition by providing intensive treatment in the service users own home.

The team will also work to support clinical teams providing inpatient care to Bury older adults during the discharge process to ensure timely discharge and risk management and provide 72 hour follow up in the community.

The service will also provide a gatekeeping function to ensure prioritisation of referrals for inpatient admission and assessment of appropriateness for home treatment as an alternative.

The successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to the implementation and development of this newly established service in Bury.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sean O’Brien (Older Adult Service Manager HMR and Bury) at: [email protected]

• Providing intensive treatment in the service users own home as an alternative to inpatient admission.
• Supporting inpatient ward clinical teams during the discharge process to ensure timely and safe discharge of older adult Bury residents.
• To provide a gatekeeping function for all referrals requesting inpatient admission to ensure prioritisation and triage to ascertain if home treatment can be provided as an alternative to admission.
• To provide 72 hour follow up for all service users discharged from hospital.
  
  

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
  
  

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sean O'Brien Job title: Older Adult Service Manager HMR and Bury Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07745741479

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a B6 Mental Health Practitioner to join a newly created Home Intensive Treatment Service for older adults in Bury.

The team will provide an alternative to inpatient admission for Bury older adults with either a functional or organic condition by providing intensive treatment in the service users own home.

The team will also work to support clinical teams providing inpatient care to Bury older adults during the discharge process to ensure timely discharge and risk management and provide 72 hour follow up in the community.

The service will also provide a gatekeeping function to ensure prioritisation of referrals for inpatient admission and assessment of appropriateness for home treatment as an alternative.

The successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to the implementation and development of this newly funded service in Bury.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sean O’Brien (Older Adult Service Manager HMR and Bury) at: [email protected]