Senior Nurse - CHC
Job Description
Job summary
As part of an emerging organisation in a changing NHS landscape, our employees can help shape healthcare moving forwards. With demands for healthcare services becoming ever more strained the culture is one of collaboration, creativity and hard work.
As a key member of the Learning Disability Team, you will have the opportunity to ensure quality of care and contribute to that culture to achieve results. Ideas for innovation are encouraged at all levels with every member of staff given the opportunity to effect positive change and help ensure the continued delivery of safe, high-quality care, and ensure that our clients receive personalised care.
This is an opportunity for a candidate that has ambition to work in a unique environment, using their assessment skills to support some of the most vulnerable individuals in the community. We require a motivated and experienced registered nurse, ideally RNLD or with substantial experience in the LD field, who can work autonomously and collaboratively in a multi-agency environment with individuals and their representatives to support the assessment and review processes for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC) including the promotion and review of Personal Health Budgets.
You will have knowledge of the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare (2022). You will also have an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day clinical and case management of a caseload of patients funded by NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) which may include those jointly funded with the Local Authority. This will include assessment, review, and ongoing case management to ensure that care is safe and effective; in addition to ensure that it is funded through the correct funding stream when evaluated against the criteria set out in the CHC National Framework. You will work as an autonomous practitioner but also together with the team targeting specific elements of clinical review within the CHC service for South Yorkshire.
Previous experience with CHC Framework would be desirable but is not essential. You will be fully supported through 1:1 supervision, a robust induction plan, and a friendly supportive team.
If you have used any Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes, such as ChatGPT, to support your application, please declare this at the start of your supporting statement.
Interviews: 5th February 2025
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer
Job responsibilities
- To facilitate multi-disciplinary assessments and patient reviews in line with standard operating policy and procedures. This will include face to face and virtual assessments/reviews.
- Support the wider team to ensure that the workstream is planned and managed effectively and ensure successful delivery.
- To be responsible for management of cases as directed by the Management Team.
- To case manage a clinical caseload (end to end) including, but not limited to, resolving issues with funding, placements, invoices, and complaints.
- To ensure Continuing Healthcare guidance is followed and that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
- To support in the development across the organisation in the personalisation
- To provide accurate and legible recording of information.
- To assist/support individuals and representatives in relation to the NHS Continuing Healthcare process.
- Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes.
- Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes.
- Deliver against objectives, performance targets, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload, and working to tight deadlines.
- Support training and induction of new staff.
- Undertake research and development as directed.
- To carry out other appropriate delegated duties as required.
- To ensure compliance with all statutory and mandatory training
The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
This may include assessments and reviews for patients with an element of health funding, joint funding, or alternative funding streams.
The role will also include elements of supporting
- Disputes management, transitional bed process,
- SEND, Safeguarding
A detailed job description is attached. The job description may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Further training or significant experience in case management, project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- NMC Registration required
Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Commitment to continuing professional development and show evidence of Revalidation.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Effective organizer and management of time.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Skills and Competencies
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
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action.
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Intermediate keyboard skills.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate ...
