Job summary
- Main area
- Continuing Healthcare Nurse Assessor
- Grade
- NHS Afc: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 495-ICB-5818SP
- Employer
- NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King Edward VII
- Town
- Windsor
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Continuing Healthcare Assessor (RNLD)
NHS Afc: Band 6
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.
The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.
Job overview
NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is a package of continuing care that has been arranged and funded solely by the NHS to meet a person’s physical and mental health needs arising from disability, accident or illness. It is for vulnerable people with complex, intense and unpredictable needs or people who are rapidly deteriorating and possibly entering a terminal phase.
Main duties of the job
NHS Frimley ICB’s East Berkshire Continuing Healthcare Service is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, very well organised and experienced registered nurse with qualifications in Learning Disabilities to join the team of CHC assessors to support in the processing of Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care assessments, reviews and case management. You will have knowledge of the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare (Oct 2018) and be able to:
Coordinate multi-disciplinary meetings with a range of professionals i.e. social care, care homes, other providers etc.
Undertake high quality holistic assessments of patients, clearly identifying needs using assessment tools as required.
Manage a caseload of complex cases.
Cover as Duty Nurse within the Continuing Healthcare Service.
You will be a key member of the team and will need to demonstrate skills in IT, report writing, managing complex patients. You will also have excellent verbal and written communication and have the ability to work in stressful situations and be able to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines. You will be working in partnership with our local authorities and experience of multi-disciplinary working is essential.
Working for our organisation
Frimley ICB is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information, please see the Job Description attached.
For an informal discussion, please email in the first instance to [email protected] or [email protected].
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- First level qualification RNLD Registration.
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Liaison with outside agencies.
- Teaching experience.
- Experience of working in older persons care in NHS or Independent setting.
Desirable criteria
- At least 3 years post registration experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Palliative care experience.
- Experience of undertaking highly complex, clinical assessments.
- Management experience Skills for nurturing key relationships and collaborative working.
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate, to produce concise and accurate written reports.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key information from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action.
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and prioritise work (including delegation to others) and to complete work within set time scales.
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to build trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
- Skills for managing workload ensuring they meet NHSE targets.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for processing information. Intermediate keyboard skills
- Experience of working with patients with multiple or complex care needs.
- Experience of assessing complex needs and planning and evaluating complex care packages.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Audit data analysis- ability to analyse data and use it for audit purposes.
- In depth knowledge of NHS Continuing Healthcare legislation.
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act.
- Knowledge and understanding of quality, clinical audit and evidence of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision, often working within pressurized timescales.
Other
Essential criteria
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Car driver – ability to travel independently.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marie Tubbs
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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