Complex Care and All Age CHC FNC Nurse Assessor

• Co-ordinating reviews for NHS Funded Nursing Care and Continuing Health Care
• Review on-going of individuals eligible for CHC, NHS funded care in accordance with National Framework for NHS Funded Care, and Joint funded care packages of care.
• Providing coordination of, and participating in, meetings and providing information, advice and support as required
• To actively promote communication and partnership working between the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors.
• To communicate relevant information and to provide advice and support on funded nursing/continuing health care to service users and carers.
• To liaise with other health professionals on clinical matters as part of the assessment process.
• Complete Continuing Healthcare reviews in line with National Guidance for Funded NHS Nursing Care and the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare
• Recognise changes in a patient's care needs and refer to senior assessors for further assessment
• Ensure care plans, risk assessments, and documentation areaccurate, up-to-date, and meet quality standards; provide feedback to care providers when improvements are needed
• Liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to gather relevant assessments and updates before conducting reviews

• Escalate cases to Band 6/7 staff
• Follow up on requested improvements by care providers and escalate any unresolved concerns to the Continuing Healthcare Team, Safeguarding Lead, or Quality Assurance Manager
• Serve as a patient advocate, delivering sensitive information and supporting clients and their representatives regarding FNC/CHC processes
• Managing a caseload of patients
• Supporting investigations into an individuals eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare following an individual challenge or dispute

Essential

• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role
• Proven and significant leadership experience
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Member of a relevant professional body - NMC - Nurse or Allied Health Professional AHP

Essential

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others

Essential

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues, create solutions and resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Essential

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Interpreting national policy for implementation

Essential

• Skills for direct line management and job management
• Skills for delivering results through managing others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders

Essential

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda