Main area: All-Age Continuing Care Children and Young Peoples Transition Case Manager.
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full time, Mon-Fri)
Job ref: 116-6621530
Employer: NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: All Age Continuing Care NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Town: Sleaford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 (mileage paid when relevant)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/10/2024 23:59
All-Age Continuing Care CYP Transition Case Manager.
NHS AfC: Band 6
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board has been established to support the wider health and social care needs of the population of Lincolnshire and will focus on delivering its agreed vision of ‘Better Lives for the people of Lincolnshire’.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you a registered children's nurse or learning disability nurse with relevant children and young person experience?
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, including Christmas!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, compassionate registered Children’s or Learning Disability Nurse to join All-age Continuing Care. A team driven to transform current practice and make positive changes to children, adults, and their families.
An experienced and highly motivated Registered Nurse with an excellent knowledge base of complex health needs is sought to work as a member of the All-age Continuing Care Team, working to improve the outcomes for health care in Lincolnshire.
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.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a Registered Nurse who has excellent clinical knowledge as well as communication and assessment skills. The post holder needs to be proactive, resilient, and able to work autonomously and also as part of the wider All-age Continuing Care Team. They will ensure that health care needs of both children and adults eligible for NHS Continuing Care or NHS Continuing Health Care are identified and met in accordance with the National Frameworks. They will have an opportunity to build cross-agency relationships while working as a multidisciplinary team with colleagues from external agencies. This community-based position offers a Registered Nurse the opportunity to enhance assessment and decision-making skills in a challenging but supportive environment.
The case manager will carry out assessments of need, reviews, and attend statutory meetings for individuals with life-limiting conditions and complex health needs. They will ensure the needs of adults with learning disabilities are recognized and supported under the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006. Keeping the relevant National Framework and NMC Code of Professional Conduct at the forefront of decision-making, while working within established policies, procedures, and protocols ensuring quality standards and performance as directed by the Children's Clinical Lead and Head of All-age Continuing Healthcare Clinical Services. In addition, they will be expected to provide support across Lincolnshire ICB.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Supporting the clinical lead nurse and head of Continuing Healthcare in the development of a range of services for children and adults with complex health needs, including learning disabilities and Autism.
* Work as an autonomous nurse within a multi-agency setting.
* Collating and undertaking comprehensive and coordinated assessments for decision-making for eligibility for All-age Continuing Care as part of a multidisciplinary team with families and agencies from health and social care.
* Undertaking specialist assessments for children and adults to determine packages.
* Supporting young people and their families through transition to adult services for their package of care.
* Supporting the clinical lead and head of service to develop transition pathways.
* Validating comprehensive and coordinated assessments completed by external agencies for adults with learning disabilities in relation to the Section 75 agreement of the NHS Act 2006.
* Representing All-age Continuing Care in interagency disputes for adults and children with learning disabilities, by attending relevant panel meetings.
* Promoting Personal Health Budgets and assisting individuals to utilize their Personal Health Budget in accordance with national guidelines.
* Providing professional nursing advice to acute hospital trusts, residential homes, and social services with regards to All-age Continuing Care and Personal Health Budgets.
* Support with All-age continuing care training.
* Case managing All-age continuing care packages, ensuring timely reviews are conducted and ensuring care packages continue to be effectively commissioned and are cost-effective for the NHS.
* Assisting in maintaining a database for all individuals assessed for All-age continuing care.
* Developing strong working relationships with partner agencies including acute hospital trusts, local authorities, the independent sector, and others.
* Act as an advocate for patients and carers who are identified in the complex and vulnerable client group in partnership with local authorities and healthcare providers to ensure needs are met in the appropriate setting.
Person specification
Skills and knowledge
* Active UK Nursing registration (child or Learning disabilities)
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding processes and responsibilities.
* Aware of Caldicott principle and information governance.
* Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
* Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles.
* Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing time scales.
* Clinical knowledge base in order to ensure comprehensive holistic assessment for All-age Continuing Care.
* Knowledge and understanding of the national policies and guidance relevant to the National Framework for Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare.
* Expert knowledge of All-age Continuing Care pathways including screening, assessment and decision-making processes, review and current appeals.
* Good knowledge of NHS and Social Services guidance, Continuing Care and Continuing healthcare national frameworks.
All reference requests will be made to your employer/previous employers' HR Department, covering the previous 3 years of employment.
We actively promote equal opportunities and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible people regardless of sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.
Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. All staff with patient contact will need to have gained clearance through a standard or enhanced DBS check prior to working in these roles.
Please note interview expenses are not subsidised or reimbursed by this organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Kirsty Lewinton
Job title: Children's Continuing Care Clinical Lead
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 07974109716
Additional information:
All Age Continuing Care
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
The Bridge
Lions Way
Sleaford NG34 8GG
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