Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

This will be varied and will adapt over time as both the ICB/S develops. However, thepostholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:

• Review eligibility for the NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing
• Care in a variety of settings including patients own home, care home or other carefacility.
• Review the care planning, to ensure that all care needs are being met safely andeffectively.
• Monitor and influence the quality of care that is provided to patients; drawing onprevious skills and knowledge to improve the patient experience of care.
• Provide professional advice to patients, carers and multi-agency colleagues,including signposting to appropriate services and resources.
• Triage new referrals as part of duty desk cover.

Key working relationships

The post holder will have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within theICB/S, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as withpatients and their representatives. Some of the key direct relationships include:

• Cheshire and Merseyside ICB/S executive teams
• Cheshire and Merseyside ICB leadership teams
• Chief Information Officers / Digital Leads
• Clinical Leaders
• Colleagues within NHSE/I
• Senior leaders across Cheshire and Merseyside, NHS, local authorities and other
• third sector organisations

Main duties and responsibilities

• First point of contact for referrals to service and provide duty nurse cover onallocated days
• Understanding of PHBs
• Co-ordinating assessment for NHS Funded Nursing Care and NHS Continuing
• Healthcare as close to the service user as feasible
• To provide clinical commissioning oversight to applications and assessmentsconcerning joint funded packages of care
• Seek authorisation of eligibility recommendations via Line Manager
• Case management as allocated by the Line Manager
• On-going review of service users eligible for CHC, NHS funded care inaccordance with National Framework for NHS Funded Care, and Joint fundedcare packages of care
• Undertake urgent reviews of service users, where quality and safety concernshave been identified and report in a timely manner
• To prepare and complete comprehensive documentation/tools to enable thelevel of NHS funding to be determined within the parameters of the NationalFramework for Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care and Joint
• Funding arrangements locally
• Accurately input information onto departmental databases and tools used inContinuing Healthcare adhering to NMC standards for record keeping
• To quality assure external recommendations for CHC/FNC
• Completing Continuing Healthcare Checklists, where appropriate, and thatthese are processed following service operating procedures
• To provide assurance with regard to quality of care of individual packages byundertaking reviews as agreed
• To support the delivery of local discharge to assess processes
• To actively promote communication and partnership working between thestatutory, independent and voluntary sectors
• To communicate relevant information and to provide advice and support onfunded nursing/continuing health care to service users and carers
• To liaise with other health professionals on clinical matters as part of theassessment process
• To maintain professional confidentiality in all matters relating to patient care
• To participate in informal and formal education and training as requested
• To participate in clinical supervision and performance and developmentreviews
• To promote positive awareness of the health and social care needs of adultsand older people in conjunction with colleagues from the ICB/Community Trustand Local Authority
• To contribute to team function by sharing own clinical skills/expertise andknowledge
• To identify the training needs within the independent and statutory servicesand ensure this information is fed back appropriately
• To promote understanding of the role and function of the team
• To support ways of improving nursing assessment/care of adults and olderpeople
• To participate in clinical audit within the service
• Mentoring and supervision of students as required
• To support the development of, and participate in clinical supervision, evidencebased and reflective practice in order to develop self and the team
• To line manage staff as requested, ensuring HR policies and procedures arefollowed
• To ensure any staff that are line managed by the post holder receiveappropriate supervision
• Ensure personal access to best practice including up to date researchevidence e.g. through NICE, in discharging professional responsibilities
• To support the development of agile working, by updating assessments anduploading data securely, from alternative areas of work other than theoperational base.
• The job description and person specification are an outline of the task,responsibilities and outcomes of the role. The post holder will carry out anyother duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
• The jobdescription and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis inaccordance with the changing needs of the department and organisation

All staff are expected to adhere and complete the NHS Continuing HealthcareCompetency Framework on an annual basis

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

This will be varied and will adapt over time as both the ICB/S develops. However, thepostholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:

• Review eligibility for the NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing
• Care in a variety of settings including patients own home, care home or other carefacility.
• Review the care planning, to ensure that all care needs are being met safely andeffectively.
• Monitor and influence the quality of care that is provided to patients; drawing onprevious skills and knowledge to improve the patient experience of care.
• Provide professional advice to patients, carers and multi-agency colleagues,including signposting to appropriate services and resources.
• Triage new referrals as part of duty desk cover.

Key working relationships

The post holder will have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within theICB/S, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as withpatients and their representatives. Some of the key direct relationships include:

• Cheshire and Merseyside ICB/S executive teams
• Cheshire and Merseyside ICB leadership teams
• Chief Information Officers / Digital Leads
• Clinical Leaders
• Colleagues within NHSE/I
• Senior leaders across Cheshire and Merseyside, NHS, local authorities and other
• third sector organisations

Main duties and responsibilities

• First point of contact for referrals to service and provide duty nurse cover onallocated days
• Understanding of PHBs
• Co-ordinating assessment for NHS Funded Nursing Care and NHS Continuing
• Healthcare as close to the service user as feasible
• To provide clinical commissioning oversight to applications and assessmentsconcerning joint funded packages of care
• Seek authorisation of eligibility recommendations via Line Manager
• Case management as allocated by the Line Manager
• On-going review of service users eligible for CHC, NHS funded care inaccordance with National Framework for NHS Funded Care, and Joint fundedcare packages of care
• Undertake urgent reviews of service users, where quality and safety concernshave been identified and report in a timely manner
• To prepare and complete comprehensive documentation/tools to enable thelevel of NHS funding to be determined within the parameters of the NationalFramework for Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care and Joint
• Funding arrangements locally
• Accurately input information onto departmental databases and tools used inContinuing Healthcare adhering to NMC standards for record keeping
• To quality assure external recommendations for CHC/FNC
• Completing Continuing Healthcare Checklists, where appropriate, and thatthese are processed following service operating procedures
• To provide assurance with regard to quality of care of individual packages byundertaking reviews as agreed
• To support the delivery of local discharge to assess processes
• To actively promote communication and partnership working between thestatutory, independent and voluntary sectors
• To communicate relevant information and to provide advice and support onfunded nursing/continuing health care to service users and carers
• To liaise with other health professionals on clinical matters as part of theassessment process
• To maintain professional confidentiality in all matters relating to patient care
• To participate in informal and formal education and training as requested
• To participate in clinical supervision and performance and developmentreviews
• To promote positive awareness of the health and social care needs of adultsand older people in conjunction with colleagues from the ICB/Community Trustand Local Authority
• To contribute to team function by sharing own clinical skills/expertise andknowledge
• To identify the training needs within the independent and statutory servicesand ensure this information is fed back appropriately
• To promote understanding of the role and function of the team
• To support ways of improving nursing assessment/care of adults and olderpeople
• To participate in clinical audit within the service
• Mentoring and supervision of students as required
• To support the development of, and participate in clinical supervision, evidencebased and reflective practice in order to develop self and the team
• To line manage staff as requested, ensuring HR policies and procedures arefollowed
• To ensure any staff that are line managed by the post holder receiveappropriate supervision
• Ensure personal access to best practice including up to date researchevidence e.g. through NICE, in discharging professional responsibilities
• To support the development of agile working, by updating assessments anduploading data securely, from alternative areas of work other than theoperational base.
• The job description and person specification are an outline of the task,responsibilities and outcomes of the role. The post holder will carry out anyother duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
• The jobdescription and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis inaccordance with the changing needs of the department and organisation

All staff are expected to adhere and complete the NHS Continuing HealthcareCompetency Framework on an annual basis

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Evidence continued professional development.
• Current NMC Registration or other appropriate professional body.

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care
• Understanding of Local Authority functions
• Conversant with national and local guidance on continuing care/NHS Funded Care for adults
• Understanding of the operational management and clinical role of the NHS
• Understanding of the patient experience agenda & its contribution to quality
• Knowledge & understanding of the current NHS agenda and of primary care
• Experience of working effectively with clinicians, Health and Social Care colleagues and other partner agencies
• Ability to self-manage and organise workload
• Previous experience of working within a busy environment with ever changing priorities
• In order to apply please upload your CV via NHS Jobs
• Please note we review applications as they arrive so please consider applying prior to the closing date

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Evidence continued professional development.
• Current NMC Registration or other appropriate professional body.

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care
• Understanding of Local Authority functions
• Conversant with national and local guidance on continuing care/NHS Funded Care for adults
• Understanding of the operational management and clinical role of the NHS
• Understanding of the patient experience agenda & its contribution to quality
• Knowledge & understanding of the current NHS agenda and of primary care
• Experience of working effectively with clinicians, Health and Social Care colleagues and other partner agencies
• Ability to self-manage and organise workload
• Previous experience of working within a busy environment with ever changing priorities
• In order to apply please upload your CV via NHS Jobs
• Please note we review applications as they arrive so please consider applying prior to the closing date

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 (opens in a new window).

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

MIAA Solutions

Address

New Alderley House

Macclesfield Hospital Site, Victoria Road

Macclesfield

Cheshire

SK10 3BL

Employer's website

https://cheshireandmerseysideopportunities.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)