Job overview The Senior Nurse Assessor plays a vital role in improving the lives and outcomes of Children and Young People (CYP) in Kent and Medway living with physical and/or mental health conditions. Working within the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Continuing Care Service, the post holder will assess, review, and monitor care packages, and placements for CYP referred to All Age Continuing Care (AACC) and Specialist Placements. Commissioned by the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB), this role supports the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based services that minimises the impact of illness and promote holistic well-being across physical, mental, and emotional health domains. Advert You will conduct evidence-based assessments to determine eligibility for NHS Continuing Care, presenting findings to a multidisciplinary panel. They must demonstrate strong clinical assessment and analytical skills and be confident in making clinical decisions. Upon eligibility confirmation, they will coordinate care packages and conduct regular reviews, with reassessments annually or as needs change. The role involves collaboration with a wide range of services, including local authorities, education and social care teams, children’s health and disability services, hospitals, hospices, and adult Continuing Health Care. Travel across Kent and Medway, including out-of-area placements and hospitals, is required. Flexible working is supported through multiple office locations and a hybrid model of office and home-based work. The post holder will also provide clinical support to team members. Working for our organisation Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us. We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities. We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.