Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing CHC
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 104-ICB-6394KB
- Employer
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fareham Civic Offices
- Town
- Fareham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/01/2025
Employer heading
AACC Senior Clinical Assessor Children & Young People Team
NHS AFC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people, and their families?
Do you hold a professional clinical qualification such as registered nurse, allied health professional etc with experience of working in the field of children, young people and families?
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Clinical Assessor/Practitioner to join our team.
This is an exciting time to join the service with opportunities to work with a wide range of stakeholder’s and in partnership with other agencies.
Our vision is to be consistently recognised for commissioning and enabling delivery of high-quality family centred healthcare, which is innovative, equitable, efficient, effective and, where possible, prevention based, contributing to the healthiest population.
Children and Young People (CYP) referred to Children’s Continuing Care service will receive a high-quality service ensuring that the child, family, and carers are at the heart of a personalisation approach. We work closely with adult Continuing Healthcare to deliver the NHS All Age Continuing Care vision.
This role requires working across Children’s Continuing Care, including Children and Young People who are eligible for S117 funding.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be working in a collaborative approach to address the child and family’s needs; whilst working closely with colleagues from Social Care and Special Education Needs to provide a holistic approach to the support provided.
Though working collaboratively with other key professionals, the successful candidate will need to be able to complete assessments as part of the ICB delivery of the NHS Continuing Care framework, for the children in a full and succinct manner. These assessments are then presented by the team member to a multi-agency panel where eligibility will be discussed and agreed or declined.
The successful candidate will be part of the clinical team where they will work independently managing their own case load, where they whilst ensuring that they fulfil the ethos of looking after the whole child. They will have an opportunity to build cross agency relationships.
Working for our organisation
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
· 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
· NHS pension scheme
· Sick pay policy
· Occupational health services including staff counselling services
· Flexible working and family friendly policies
· Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
· Health Service Discounts – offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All Age Continuing Care covers, Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care as a
statutory duty of the Integrated Care Board for individuals with a ‘primary health need’,
including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disability, and Fast Track.
All Age Continuing Care also has Integrated Care Board duties to children and young people
(Children’s Continuing Care), joint packages of health and social care (where an individual is
not eligible for Continuing Healthcare but specific needs have been identified through the
Decision Support Tool that are beyond the powers of the local authority to meet on its own),
personal health budgets, stand-alone health needs, s117 of the Mental Health Act and
Specialist Rehabilitation (Acquired Brain Injury).
All Age Continuing Care delivers the patient specific Learning Disabilities and Autism
Programme Integrated Care Board responsibilities.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional with current registration with professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC or SWE. including AMHP’s and mental health social workers or significant relevant experience (LD/MH/LDAP teams only).
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in health or social care.
- Experience of assessment of health and social care needs – care planning and coordination.
- Knowledge and relevant experience working with individuals who are autistic and/or have learning disabilities and/or mental health issues (LD/MH/LDAP team roles).
- Knowledge of complex neurological conditions and experience of working with clients with complex brain injuries. Specific knowledge of the National Service Frameworks and appropriate national policy related to rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury/ neurological dysfunction (Specialist Rehabilitation / ABI team).
- Ability to work effectively under stressful conditions in a rapidly changing environment.
- Good knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation (for DOLS team)
- Experience of implementing and managing Personal Health Budgets.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of care/case management.
- Knowledge of and experience of NHS Funded Continuing Health Care criteria – guidance and policies and other legal frameworks as required (Children and Complex Care, s117 Aftercare, Mental Health Act).
- Experience of developing care packages.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Effective working knowledge of Microsoft software.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Liz Atherton
- Job title
- Deputy Head Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07587672392
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