- Monitor progress on treatments to:
- Inform future commissioning arrangements
- Assist in identifying future resource implications
- Ensure informed information is available on care and treatment as required to assist the commissioning
- Investigate sources and reasons for referrals and to influence future referral patterns
- Determine compliance with the ICB commissioning policies
- Support the complex MDT meetings in ensuring the most effective care/treatment of patients in the most appropriate location
- Achieve the most effective use of the ICB's resources
- Monitor compliance with terms of authorised referrals
- Initial visits to potential providers and ongoing attendance at relevant review meetings
- Liaison with client's key workers from statutory and non-statutory agencies
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information. Communicate complex client condition related information to health and Social Care professionals/clients and other groups of staff
- To keep up to date with Department of Health Guidance Circulars and ensure proper implementation of policies and procedures
- Attend Complex Client MDT meetings as appropriate which consider difficult to place clients/high cost Prepare and circulate reports relevant to meeting, including reports for Court and attendance at hearings where necessary
- Attend CPAs as required
- Understand and undertake DOLS assessments and necessary action to inform council colleagues
- Develop and maintain a case management system containing details of relevant complex Provide the first point of contact for internal and external enquiries about individual cases, preparing case reports for the consideration of the panels
- Provide advice on clinical issues relating to individual cases where appropriate
- Monitor compliance with terms of individual patient/client Service This includes awareness of expenditure.
- Liaison with the Councils and Regional Secure Commissioning Team about placements, admissions reviews and
- Work in collaboration where necessary with the ICBs Fully Funded Continuing Care/NHS Nursing Home Care Place based Lead Nurse concerning future need/provision of nursing home
- Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external
- Participate in relevant internal and external working groups, projects, services, and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political, and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the
- Work with colleagues in the ICB to develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data and information
- Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to ICB senior managers, the Executive Team, and a range of internal and external
- Analytical/Judgemental
- Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects and tasks requiring high levels of concentration
- Make decisions concerning packages of care using managerial and/or clinical skills and knowledge
- Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict and meet future ICB and team needs by identifying best professional practice.
- Monitor and track risks and issues, proactively resolve and escalate as appropriate
- Contribute to the information management of tasks and projects, taking a lead for specific tasks
- Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, providing information advice and support
- Ensure that data collected is analysed, reported by the team as appropriate and monitor the processing of data and information
- Communication
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on functional and information
- Work with other members of the team, other departments in the ICB, and with key stakeholders to investigate the causes of any variance from planned delivery targets and contribute to the implementation of solutions
- Support the development of internal and external communications where required by regular contact with other teams in the ICB and with external stakeholders
- Prepare correspondence and complex papers as required
- Financial and Physical Resources
- Deliver against organisational objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.
- Support and inform the ICB on the targeting of resources, developing, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of plans by providing sophisticated, high quality information and analysis
- Deliver task outcomes, value for money and greater efficiency
- Ensure tasks are cost-effective and delivered on time
- Contribute to commissioning of goods and services as required
- Staff Management
- Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role and responsibilities
- Support training and induction of new staff
- Supervise team as required.
- Participate in the recruitment process of support staff
- Information Management
- Provide management information lo enhance decision making processes.
- Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict and meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice
- Lead on the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new information systems and databases as required
- Carry out timely and accurate information analysis and reporting on agreed areas of portfolio
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of databases required for regular reports Person Specification
- Previous experience of working in a clinical role, with a thorough knowledge of clinical settings and pathways
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of services
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload effectively and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision, working to tight deadlines and often changing timescales
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Nursing qualification or equivalent HCP, Occupational Health, Physiotherapy etc
Individual Patient Activity Advisor - Lancaster, United Kingdom - NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)
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A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PATIENT ACTIVITY ADVISORS (IPA) ROLES AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL PATIENT ACTIVITY ADULT TEAMS THROUGHOUT LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA
PLACE BASES INCLUDE: BLACKPOOL, FYLDE & WYRE, MORECAMBE, SOUTH CUMBRIA, LANCASTER, BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, GREATER PRESTON, CHORLEY & SOUTH RIBBLE, EAST LANCASHIRE & WEST LANCASHIRE
ROLE IS FAMILY FRIENDLY AND OPEN TO ALL ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS & NURSES
We are looking for candidates across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area but especially candidates from South Cumbria.
The post holder will have a lead role working within the Individual Patient Activity (IPA) Adult Team concerning the commissioning and reviewing arrangements associated with our adult complex client placements. This includes S117 aftercare, Non-CHC funded cases & Joint funded packages of care with Local Authority. The post holder will take a lead role in attending case reviews including, Care Program Approach (CPA), monitoring standards of care and treatment and liaising with statutory and non-statutory agencies in the repatriation of Lancashire & South Cumbria residents. The post holder will attend Triage and PHB meetings to assist MDT members with funding decisions.
The post is a mix of agile working with some office based working, as well as visiting people within their own homes & in placements.
Main duties of the job
Currently we are looking for a motivated and experienced RMN, RGN or AHP who can work autonomously and collaboratively in a multi-agency environment with individuals and their representatives to support the assessment and review process within our IPA Adult Team.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. The ICB aim is to improve the health of the people of Lancashire & South Cumbria and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high quality healthcare services.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Individual Patient Activity (IPA) Adult Team. The postholder will be involved in commissioning and reviewing arrangements associated with our adult complex client placements. Good induction and training offered. Friendly Multi-disciplinary Team. The role is varied and involves working closely with Local Authority, Acute Trusts and with providers
You will work within the Mental Capacity Act and gain experience involving Best Interest decisions and Court of Protection work.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a successful, progressive ICB and to make a positive contribution to the lives of people in Lancashire & South Cumbria.
Our hours of work are Monday -Friday, 9am -5pm with the opportunity for agile working. Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is committed to the personal and professional development of their staff and offers a wide selection of learning and development opportunities.
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