Job overview
Continuing Care Nurse Assessor - Band 5
Contract - Permanent- Full-time 37.5 hours per week
The CHC Assessor will be responsible for ensuring that those who in are receiving funding from Continuing health care either in part or whole assessments either in nursing homes or their own homes are reviewed and assessed using nationally recognised tools.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will review both their care packages & needs at prescribed intervals or when requested by care home mangers where the client’s condition has changed.
The CHC Nurse assessor will be a valuable component of the developing Continuing Care team. The CHC assessor will be responsible for coordinating reviews for those who are eligible for Continuing Healthcare or Funded Nursing Care.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.
The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will review both their care packages & needs at prescribed intervals or when requested by care home mangers where the client’s condition has changed.
Please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Nursing Qualification
2. 2 years' experience of community nursing
Skills
Essential criteria
3. Excellent verbal and written communication
4. Clinical/Research based skills
5. Understanding of quality standards and audit
6. Public Health Awareness
7. IT literate in word, excel & outlook
Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (Oct 2018)
9. A familiarity with the role of Nursing care in a residential setting.
10. Current Nursing Initiatives
11. Multidisciplinary approach
12. The role of the CQC in nursing home inspections
Desirable criteria
13. National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (Oct 2018)
14. The role of the CQC in nursing home inspections
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
15. Excellent assessment skills
16. Organisational, communication and team working skills
17. Management of stress in self and others
18. Prioritising Caseload
19. Management of change
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
20. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
21. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
22. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
23. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
24. Participate in required training and supervision.
25. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.