Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you a registered nurse or Allied Health professional with a current registration?
Would you like to work in a flexible and friendly team working core hours Monday to Friday?
We do not work ANY Bank holidays within the year and YES this does include Christmas!
If you are interested by the above alone, then feel free to call me and have a chat, or come and see what we do to see if this job is for you!
The Base will be Sleaford however we try and keep you within Locality and after the Assessment you can either work from the office or work from Home. Team Meetings are held in the office once a month, and we would look for you to come into the office if your assessment for the day is cancelled.
NHS Lincolnshire ICB is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking clinical assessor to work as part of our Continuing Health Care team. The successful candidate will be working across our varied and diverse population. We are recruiting to fill a post in the East of the County. You need to be able to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multi-agency environment and dynamic skill-mixed team.
If you are a self-motivated and collaborative professional, who possesses excellent communication skills, has an eye for detail and supports the philosophy for delivering high quality services to people, this would be the ideal opportunity for you.
Responsibilities:
1. Lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments using the Decision Support Tool in line with the National Framework and Standard Operating Procedures.
2. Review people in receipt of Continuing Healthcare or Funded Nursing Care in accordance with the Framework.
3. 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.
4. Ensure Continuing Healthcare guidance is followed and that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
5. Develop strong working relationships with partner agencies including acute hospital trusts, local authorities, the independent sector, neighbourhood teams and others.
6. 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.
7. Demonstrate ability to complete documentation or enter data accurately, consistently and in a timely manner.
8. Ensure credible evidence is documented fully to support decision making and later review of the case through audit and/or independent review.
Minimum Requirements:
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.
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