Clinical Nurse Assessor

Clinical Nurse Assessor

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

The closing date is 14 February 2024

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Job summary

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 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.

The MLCSU PDS will be delivered in line with the agile working policy to enable a 'hybrid' model of working, with a mix of office based working from the Bromley ICB office and remote working.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the All Age Continuing Care (AACC) team in completing a range of clinical assessment and care reviews which will include development and review of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

As a Clinical Nurse Assessor this would include case management in line with the national framework and management of AACC packages of care, ensuring value for money placements which meet the needs of the individual and identify opportunities for development and improvement to assist delivery of best practice healthcare.

The post holder will ensure that they, and the team, always adhere to the NHS Continuing Healthcare National Framework, and promote the use of PHBs; working within established policies, procedures, protocols and systems, ensuring quality standards and performance.

Job responsibilities

You will:

• Foster transparency and a person-centered approach with patients, families and representatives.
• Promote the use of Personal Health Budgets for eligible individuals as a means of having control over their care and achieving best possible outcomes whilst being cost effective and value for money.
• Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically and consistently applied
• Assist the Clinical & Operational Manager and Clinical Team Leader for AACC with resolution of complaints, appeals and disputes.
• Work within a team of AACC Clinical Assessors, taking a lead role in Continuing Healthcare cases, ensuring a high-quality service is delivered, supporting and mentoring staff to achieve continuous improvement.
• Facilitate and contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments and patient reviews in line with standard operating procedures.

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 fully in your application form to give yourself the best chance of being selected for interview.

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or experience in working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Healthcare Professional Registration with the NMC; RN, RMN, RNLD.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through experience and training, plus further specialist knowledge of the continuing healthcare process and MDT working. Awareness of Personal Health Budgets, Personalisation policy.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence.
• Experience of clinical assessment and case management and working with multidisciplinary teams.

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 dont 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or experience in working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Healthcare Professional Registration with the NMC; RN, RMN, RNLD.

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through experience and training, plus further specialist knowledge of the continuing healthcare process and MDT working. Awareness of Personal Health Budgets, Personalisation policy.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of clinical assessment and case management and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.