Job summary
- Main area
- Complex Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-NMR144-0325
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Gwent
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Assessor
Band 6
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
The main duties of the posts are to assess and review individuals with complex health care needs within the community.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
A vacancy have arisen with the Complex Care Team for experienced Registered Nurses (RGN, RMN or RNLD) to undertake the role of Complex Care Nurse Assessor, based in Cwmbran.
The role will require the post-holders to undertake in-depth expert / specialist nursing assessments of individual residents in nursing homes and hospital sites across the five Locality areas of Gwent, on behalf of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, to ascertain individual’s eligibility for Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC), Discharge to Assess and entitlement to NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC) funding. Consequently, the roles will require the post-holder to facilitate the Multi-disciplinary Team assessment process, and to monitor the individual's changing needs and agreed packages of care within the homes.
The post-holders will promote collaborative and inter-agency working across professional and organisational boundaries by providing professional advice, support and guidance to both professional and non-professional colleagues, individual residents and their relatives / representatives
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
The successful applicants should have:
Recent NHS or Care Home experience is essential.
A proven track record of being reliable and dependable.
A flexible approach to work would be a great advantage.
Please ensure you evidence all of the above mandatory criteria and how you meet the essential and desirable criteria specified in the person specification in your application form. Failure to do so will result in your application not being shortlisted
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents
Additional contact details:
Sarah Staniforth
CHC Manager
01495 363110
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level’ education
- Adult Safeguarding level 1&2
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate certificate or degree in Community care / nursing or relevant area of nursing.
- Short courses attended or postgraduate certificates in managing challenging behaviour, dementia
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of undertaking needs based assessments and care plans
- Undertaking capacity assessments, gaining formal consent and the application of DoLS and the Mental Health Act.
Desirable criteria
- Community nursing
- Knowledge of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Dealing with cases with complex presentations
- Report writing
- Knowledge of Continuing Care legislation and policy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jay Ventura-Santana
- Job title
- Senior Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01495 363110
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