Continuing Healthcare - Old Whittington, United Kingdom - NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
3 weeks ago
Description
We are looking for a highly motivated Mental Health Nurse. Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to broaden your existing skills and knowledge around continuing healthcare, individual patient activity, personal health budgets and funded nursing care?We have a new Band 5 CHC Practitioner, working across various sites around the Derbyshire region. This is an opportunity to join an established review team.
Duties will include reviewing patients with complex care needs who are eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding or NHS-funded nursing care.
The posts are agile with a requirement to attend the office as and when required and there will also be a requirement to complete some assessments face to face.
Experience of undertaking assessments, and working with patients, families and carers is essential.
The Personalised Healthcare Team are responsible for the assessment and review of people who reside in nursing care homes and the clinical commissioning of packages of care for people with continuing healthcare needs who reside in their own homes.
The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe. It's a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is one of the biggest and best-performing commissioning support units in the country, with among the highest levels of staff and customer satisfaction.
We work together as a team of over 1,600 expert staff based across the Midlands and North West to make a difference - for our customers, patients and communities.
Offering a full range of professional services to hospital trusts, local authorities, integrated care systems (ICSs) and other public bodies across the country, our NHS values underpin everything we do.
We provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Key Working Relationships:
Personalised Healthcare Commissioning Team
Personalised Healthcare Commissioning Team members
Safeguarding teams
Local Authority
Service users and relatives
Solicitors and other legal representatives
Care providers from all sectors e.g. care homes, NHS Hospital Trusts
Quality assurance Team
Finance team
Human Resources
PALs team
Brokerage team (this list is not exhaustive)
Communication and Relationship Skills
Communicating information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports
Maintaining constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
Working closely with care providers involved in delivery of the service
Knowledge, training and Experience
Providing coordination of, and participating in, meetings and providing information, advice and support as required
Assisting and supporting individuals and representatives in relation to the Personalised Healthcare process
Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of legislation, policies and guidance
Providing relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on functional and information matters relating to the service
Analytical and judgement skills
Supporting investigations into an individual's eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare following an individual challenge or dispute
Working with members of the team to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions
Planning and organisational skills
Contribute to maintenance and monitoring of service standards around quality
Supporting the Personalised Healthcare team to ensure that workstream plans are fulfilled and supervised effectively to ensure successful delivery
Physical skills
Keyboard skills
Access to vehicle for occasional travel between sites
Patient/Client Care
Managing a caseload of patients
Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically and consistently applied
Supporting the arrangement of services required to meet the needs of individuals who qualify for NHS Continuing Healthcare and for the healthcare element of a joint care package
Fostering transparency and a person-centred approach with patients, families and representatives
Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically, consistently and contentiously applied
Policy/Service Develop
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