Job summary
Interviews 17th Nov 2025
An opportunity has arisen within the ICB for colleagues who are qualified as RMN/RNLD clinical role to consider a change in direction and join the admission avoidance team.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic and innovative Band 7 admission avoidance manager to work as part of the team, chairing care education and treatment reviews (CETR), ensuring that the person is at the centre of their care and treatment.
The post holder will work with individuals with learning disabilities and/or autistic people and their families, both within hospital settings and/or within the community to seek solutions that support people to remain living safe and well within their communities and avoid admission to hospital.
The post holder will ensure that the CETR is carried out in a manner that is based on the person‑centred values laid out in the national CETR policy.
We are able to offer an upskilling period for those who apply but may not have all the required skills and experience to begin the role immediately. This will likely take a maximum of two months. Upskilling will include undertaking digital record training alongside shadowing and support from existing team colleagues.
About us
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. The ICB is part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across England to meet health and care needs, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequality between groups. The Health and Care Partnership comprises of NHS organisations, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Details
Date posted: 24 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time, Flexible working
Reference number: D9857‑25‑00058
Job locations:
* NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, 1 Grimbald Crag Court, Knaresborough, HG5 8QB
Job description
JD attached with further information
The postholder will respond to requests to chair Local Area Emergency Protocol (LAEP) meetings, ensure that any actions are followed up and use the outcome to inform the Dynamic Support Register (DSR). As a result the postholder will need to coordinate support and actions across the system to respond in a timely and effective manner to prevent further escalation and crisis.
The post holder will coordinate action planning with health, social care, education and criminal justice professionals, and families following reviews to ensure that recommendations and outcomes from a CETR are achieved. This will involve the discussion of highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, where persuasion, empathetic and reassurance skills are required in order to gain agreement or co‑operation.
The post holder will also provide data and information to meet national reporting requirements and in support of the ICB Learning Disability and Autism Board.
The post holder will be required to travel across the ICB place‑based areas, and the North of England on a regular basis.
Person Specification
Experience - Essential
* Working independently with a high level of responsibility and autonomy
* Working with complex community cases
* Managing conflict to resolve complex situations
* Participation in multi‑agency and multi‑disciplinary work
* Experience in undertaking risk assessments and safeguarding
* Working to tight and often changing timescales
* Understanding of information governance
Experience - Desirable
* Experience of working within forensic settings, CAMHS services, CMHTs and/or learning disability services
* Person‑centred planning with families and people with learning disabilities and/or autism
* Chairing reviews of people with learning disabilities and autism care needs, participation in regular supervision
* Training staff groups, families and people with learning disabilities and autism, audit and reporting
Qualifications - Essential
* Registered learning disability/mental health nurse
* Knowledge and experience of working with people with learning disabilities and autism, including adults, children and young people
* Knowledge of management development, acquired through master’s degree or equivalent experience or training
* Knowledge of project and programme methodologies
* Knowledge of mental health legislation and other relevant policy and statutory guidance
* Knowledge of the health inequalities experienced by this group of clients
Qualifications - Desirable
* Experience of working within forensic settings, CAMHS services, CMHTs and/or learning disability services
* Person‑centred planning with families and people with learning disabilities and/or autism
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.
Employer details
Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
1 Grimbald Crag Court, Knaresborough, HG5 8QB
Employer's website: https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/
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