Job description
Role: Adult Social Care (ASC) Nurse Consultant
Salary: Grade K £46,142 - £49,282 a year
Location: The Council House/Home Working
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 11 June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a brand-new team supporting Derby City Council’s Adult Social Care (ASC) Services on their continuous improvement journey. Situated within the Adults Commissioning, Integration, and Market Development service area, this new team and role will work across five ASC service areas spanning the Council’s diverse social work, safeguarding and therapy teams, supporting a range of activities in collaboration with colleagues and departments internally and externally to the organisation.
As our ASC Nurse Consultant, you will use your expertise to shape fair, safe and timely care decisions for Derby City residents. You will lead on Continuing Health Care (CHC)/ Funded Nursing Care (FNC) and joint funding practice, bringing clarity to complex cases, strengthening quality and safeguarding, and helping people get the right care and support.
In your trusted nursing capacity, you will help ensure some of the most important decisions in ASC are made safely, fairly and lawfully. The role will comprise a mix of casework, report writing, attending multi-agency meetings, provider liaison, and visits across different locations, supporting people with complex needs and raising quality and efficiency across the wider system. Specific responsibilities will include:
• Leading CHC/ FNC and joint funding best practice, ensuring strong compliance with the National Framework;
• Completing and quality-checking CHC assessments and reviews (including Checklist/ DST/ Fast Track/ Joint Funding Applications as appropriate) and coordinating multi-agency input;
• Analysing clinical evidence and producing clear, defensible recommendations and high-quality reports;
• Presenting cases at panel and supporting reviews, disputes and appeals with robust rationale and strong influencing skills;
• Providing expert nursing advice on physical and mental health needs and provision, supporting holistic risk-managed care planning and placement decisions;
• Driving quality and safeguarding improvements by identifying themes/ risks and working with providers and colleagues to act early
To fulfil this role, you will have and be able to demonstrate:
• Registered Nurse (RGN/ RMN or equivalent) with 5+ years post-registration experience and commitment to CPD;
• Experience in CHC (or closely related assessment/ funding pathways) and confidence working to the National CHC Framework;
• Strong assessment, clinical reasoning and report-writing skills – able to turn complex evidence into clear decisions;
• Credible and calm communicator who can influence, negotiate and handle challenging conversations with families and professionals;
• Organised and resilient – able to manage a busy caseload, deadlines and competing priorities;
• Confident working across partners and providers, with sound safeguarding judgement and information governance.
Adult Social Care sits as part of the Council’s People Services directorate which is responsible for the delivery of public health, adults, childrens and young people’s services, and safeguarding. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population and make sure that care is of high quality, person-led and targeted to those in most need. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic and friendly team.
The role will be based primarily in Derby City Council House with flexibility for home working and visits to people and settings as required.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Karamjit Chhoker (Kam), 01332 640777 or for an informal discussion and more details.
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