Continuing Health Care Senior Clinical Assessor / Practitioner
Job Description
Job summary
Passionate about people?
Thrive on advocating for your patients and negotiating the best outcomes?
Great clinical assessment and case management skills?
If this describes you...then read on!
We are excited to announce new opportunities within our Hampshire and Isle of Wight All Age Continuing Care service. We are looking for people who are passionate about patient care and improving life opportunities who share our values of being person centred, honest, courageous, innovative, and collaborative.
As a Senior Clinical Assessor/Practitioner (Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional) in Continuing Healthcare, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive individual assessments of patients to assess their eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) to enable timely provision of care, case managing clients to ensure that their needs are effectively met and promoting Personal Health Budgets and personalisation to empower people with complex health needs live their best lives.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills and an ability to make decisions in a challenging but supportive environment. As part of the role, you will have the opportunity to develop strong links with health and social care colleagues to ensure effective multi-disciplinary working and develop a strong understanding of local NHS and independent sector service provision in individual's own homes and in care homes.
Whilst experience in Continuing Healthcare would be helpful, if you have the right skills and attitude, we can support you to develop the specific skills required for Continuing Healthcare. We offer in house training opportunities and Team Leaders who are non-case holding in order to mentor and develop our Clinical Assessors with complex cases, including safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and Court of Protection. You will be part of a wider All Age team, comprising administration, brokerage, commissioners, Deprivation of Liberty experts and case practitioners who provide a wide range of expertise and support. If you are looking for your next opportunity, this could be it. Working within All Age Continuing Care teams really develops and diversifies your skills.
About us
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
NHS pension scheme
Sick pay policy
Occupational health services including staff counselling services
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Job responsibilities
You will be highly organised, flexible and have a positive can do attitude.
Be highly motivated and keen to learn/develop (training in respect of the NHS CHC Framework and its application will be provided as part of induction).
Be accustomed to a high degree of autonomy on a day-to-day basis.
Be able to assimilate large amounts of information and have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail.
Ability to develop relationships and foster effective networks with key stakeholders, families and carers and have developed people management skills with experience of resolving difficult situations and challenging individuals effectively and calmly.
Be comfortable working with a wide variety of ages and individuals with very different clinical conditions.
Be able to assess and prescribe care dependent on the individuals holistic health and care needs.
Have a strong value set around quality and patient/carer experience.
Have excellent time management skills and thrive on working at pace.
Have excellent knowledge of Microsoft office and have intermediate typing skills.
Be able to travel daily across the county and occasionally countrywide.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional with current registration with professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC or SWE. including AMHP's and mental health social workers or significant relevant experience (LD/MH/LDAP teams only).
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in health or social care.
- Experience of assessment of health and social care needs - care planning and coordination.
- Knowledge and relevant experience working with individuals who are autistic and/or have learning disabilities and/or mental health issues (LD/MH/LDAP team roles).
- Knowledge of complex neurological conditions and experience of working with clients with complex brain injuries. Specific knowledge of the National Service Frameworks and appropriate national policy related to rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury/ neurological dysfunction (Specialist Rehabilitation / ABI team)
- Ability to work effectively under stressful conditions in a rapidly changing environment.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Effective working knowledge of Microsoft software.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of care/case management.
- Knowledge of and experience of NHS Funded Continuing Health Care criteria - guidance and policies and other legal frameworks as required (Children and Complex Care, s117 Aftercare, Mental Health Act)
- Experience of developing care packages.
- Experience of implementing and managing Personal Health Budgets
Communication skills
Essential
- 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.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB (104)
Address
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Hampshire
SO50 5PB
Employer's website
https://www.hantsiowhealthandcare.org.uk/icb (Opens in a new tab)
