Clinical Manager | Nhs Midlands And Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

NHS South-East London (SEL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) - Bromley has established an in-house All Age Continuing Care (AACC) service comprising of managers, clinical leads, nurses and support officers. The service has a duty to deliver the ICB’s statutory requirements and to manage the AACC budget.
SEL ICB has commissioned Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) to provide an AACC Partnership Delivery Service (PDS) which will work alongside the ICB in-house AACC team based in Bromley to deliver the totality of requirements for the service. The PDS will be a clinical-led service that will deliver critical CHC nurse-led assessments and reviews, in support of the completion of Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Decision Support Tools (DSTs). The service will also provide additional AACC administrative support services.
• To provide clinical leadership/management.
• To triage Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Funded-Nursing Care (FNC) referrals into the PDS in line with national key performance indicators and local policies.
• Improve the alignment of ICB and other nursing functions, with improvements around a common approach to nurse quality, training and continuous professional development.
• Establish a more sustainable AACC service in Bromley and enhance the overall quality of AACC deliverables in Bromley.
• The two elements of the service (ICB and PDS) will need to work in an integrated manner with a single duty function, referral pathway, IT systems and the co-location of staffing.
• This work will be completed ensuring that the client, their family and carers are at the heart of decision-making.
• Ensure best practice guidance is followed at all times, with clear clinical evidence to support all decision-making.
• To provide clinical knowledge and expertise to support decision making on appeals complaints, disputes and retrospective cases in-line with local policies and procedures.
• To source community and domiciliary services for eligible clients.
• To undertake ongoing care planning and case management for non-complex CHC eligible clients, including supporting with the promotion and use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).
• To provide an administrative support service; including data reporting for PDS and AACC in house services.
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Job responsibilities
You will:
• Be confident in providing clinical leadership/management as a professional registered on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC) register.
• Have minimum of 3 years management experience gained in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Have extensive knowledge and experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare.
• Be comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and many competing priorities.
The following five criteria are the essential criteria for the role. These will be used for shortlisting, so it is important that you answer these questions full in your application form to give yourself the best chance of being selected for interview.
Qualifications
• Current NMC or HCP registration.
• Degree or equivalent and relevant level of experience as either RGN / RMN / RNLD / Healthcare professional.
Experience
• Minimum of 3 years management experience gained in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Knowledge and experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Personal Qualities
• Comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and competing priorities.
For the full job description and person specification please see the supporting document. This document has a number of criteria that we would ideally want in a candidate. We know that you might not meet all the criteria for the role but please don’t let that stop you from applying. We understand that you may bring other skills and experience to this role that we might not have thought of.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jan 2024