Job summary
By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Main duties of the job
What youll be responsible for:
- This role identifies and assesses the primary healthcare needs of patients to determine whether they are eligible for funding either through Funded Nursing Care or Continuing Healthcare
- Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively
- Support and inform the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management.
- Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues and senior management as appropriate
- Members of the public and service users as appropriate
- External staff from partner organisations and other NHS trusts
- Non-NHS organisations
- To work with provider services to assist in the development of competent assessors to undertake assessments and reviews.
- Manage day to day communication with other team members within the continuing healthcare team
- To provide contemporaneous records on all clients and reports as necessary adhering to NMC standards for record keeping.
- Responsible for collating evidence and information for the Decision Support Tool and liaising with the multidisciplinary team in order for a team recommendation to be made for eligibility for Continuing Healthcare funding.
- Present information for panel deliberation.
The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.
About us
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Continuing Healthcare Nurse Assessor
Location: Charter House
**Pay to be discussed at interview
About the Trust: Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.
The ICBs role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
We have a budget of around £2.8 billion, for the 1.6 million people who live in this area. The budget is set by NHS England.
As a member, youll have fantastic benefits:
- Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week
- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime
- Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
- Training and development opportunities
- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
- Stakeholder pension scheme available
What you'll be responsible for:
- This role identifies and assesses the primary healthcare needs of patients to determine whether they are eligible for funding either through Funded Nursing Care or Continuing Healthcare
- Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively
- Support and inform the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management.
- Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues and senior management as appropriate
- Members of the public and service users as appropriate
- External staff from partner organisations and other NHS trusts
- Non-NHS organisations
- To work with provider services to assist in the development of competent assessors to undertake assessments and reviews.
- Manage day to day communication with other team members within the continuing healthcare team
- To provide contemporaneous records on all clients and reports as necessary adhering to NMC standards for record keeping.
- Responsible for collating evidence and information for the Decision Support Tool and liaising with the multidisciplinary team in order for a team recommendation to be made for eligibility for Continuing Healthcare funding.
- Present information for panel deliberation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Continuing Healthcare Nurse Assessor
Location: Charter House
**Pay to be discussed at interview
About the Trust: Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.
The ICBs role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
We have a budget of around £2.8 billion, for the 1.6 million people who live in this area. The budget is set by NHS England.
As a member, youll have fantastic benefits:
- Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week
- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime
- Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
- Training and development opportunities
- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
- Stakeholder pension scheme available
What you'll be responsible for:
- This role identifies and assesses the primary healthcare needs of patients to determine whether they are eligible for funding either through Funded Nursing Care or Continuing Healthcare
- Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively
- Support and inform the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management.
- Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues and senior management as appropriate
- Members of the public and service users as appropriate
- External staff from partner organisations and other NHS trusts
- Non-NHS organisations
- To work with provider services to assist in the development of competent assessors to undertake assessments and reviews.
- Manage day to day communication with other team members within the continuing healthcare team
- To provide contemporaneous records on all clients and reports as necessary adhering to NMC standards for record keeping.
- Responsible for collating evidence and information for the Decision Support Tool and liaising with the multidisciplinary team in order for a team recommendation to be made for eligibility for Continuing Healthcare funding.
- Present information for panel deliberation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current 1st Level Registered General Nurse/NMC Registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
- Awareness of current legislation in relation to Health and social Care for older people
- Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
- Experience of working with patients with multiple /complex needs
- Experience of working across organisations, local authority, other NHS Trusts, voluntary and independent sectors
- Successful experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- 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
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development
- Workforce development knowledge and experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project ECDL
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current 1st Level Registered General Nurse/NMC Registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
- Awareness of current legislation in relation to Health and social Care for older people
- Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
- Experience of working with patients with multiple /complex needs
- Experience of working across organisations, local authority, other NHS Trusts, voluntary and independent sectors
- Successful experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- 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
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development
- Workforce development knowledge and experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project ECDL
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
