Continuing Health Care Nurse Assessor

Registered Nurse RGN, RMN or RNLD or Allied Health Professional with qualification
Significant knowledge of the CHC framework and its application
Good knowledge of NHS and social services guidance
Knowledge base around safeguarding children and Adults
Clinical knowledge base in order to ensure comprehensive holistic assessment for continuing care
A background that can demonstrate clinical experience in a healthcare setting including inter-agency and multi-agency working
Evidence of continued professional development
Competent in IT including typing
To lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments using the Decision Support Tool in line with the National Framework and Standard Operating Procedures.
To review people in receipt of Continuing Healthcare or Funded Nursing Care in accordance with the Framework.
To ensure that patients with more complex needs are referred to or discussed with the relevant Case Manager for further assessment and planning of care needs.
To ensure Continuing Healthcare guidance is followed and that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
Developing strong working relationships with partner agencies including acute hospital trusts, local authorities, the independent sector, neighbourhood teams and others.
NHS ICB is a strategic component of the Integrated Care System (ICS) across Lincolnshire delivering the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
As a strategic commissioner we are responsible for meeting the needs of our population through commissioning high quality services. We seek to improve patient experience and are committed at looking at innovative ways we can improve care and offer more choice. Individuals are at the heart of everything we do and it’s important that they are involved not just in decisions about their individual care, but also in the decisions that shape the health services delivered locally.
In conjunction, with individuals experience and the growing demands of our population; we are facing increasing financial challenge. We are required to reduce expenditure to sustainable levels (in alignment to the ICS 5 year strategic plan) which broadly fall into three types of scheme; system wide transformation, system wide efficiency, ICB only efficiency.
The ICB will promote good governance and proper stewardship of public resources in pursuance of its goals and in meeting its statutory duties. Good corporate governance arrangements are critical to achieving the ICB’s objectives and financial sustainability.
Support individuals and their representatives to contribute to and be confident in the CHC process by encouraging their participation in a transparent and equitable process; ensure this is accurately documented as part of the assessment.
Demonstrates ability to complete documentation or enter data accurately, consistently and in a timely manner
Ensures credible evidence is documented fully to support decision making and later review of the case through audit and/or independent review
The post requires highly developed skills of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care. Accuracy is important. Good observational skills are essential.
Responsible and accountable for the commissioning of safe care of individuals who are funded and cared for in Nursing or Residential care homes, individuals with severe and enduring mental and physical illness, rapidly deteriorating conditions which require very close monitoring and a responsive service to meet their needs. A small percentage of these individuals are placed out of county and in order to manage these care packages, travel outside of Lincolnshire may be necessary.