About this role
Job summary
Our vision for the future of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland's health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.
Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.
A qualified nurse professional to assess health needs to determine eligibility for All Age Continuing Healthcare, complex care and manage the associate plans. The role will involve working closely with patients, families, social care staff, healthcare professionals and the wider CHC team to coordinate assessments, care delivery and funding arrangements in line with the national framework ensuring patient centred care. The role may have a specific focus on speciality areas such as DOLs, Children and Young People and other complex care areas, depending on the team they are working with. All key duties and responsibilities will remain the same.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of physical, mental, emotional, social, and environmental needs using nationally recognised tools such as the Health Needs Assessment (HNA) and Decision Support Tool (DST)
- Determine whether patients meet criteria for NHS CHC funding by evaluating primary health needs, complexity, intensity, and unpredictability of care required
- Develop and review individualised care plans and care packages, including Personal Health Budgets where appropriate, ensuring patient preferences are incorporated
- Monitor and manage a caseload of patients to ensure safe, appropriate, and timely care delivery, providing support in residential, home, and acute care settings
- Coordinate and participate in multidisciplinary meetings, working closely with Local Authorities, social workers, and other agency partners
- Maintain accurate records, input data into relevant databases, complete reports, and comply with data protection and confidentiality policie
About us
Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve as part of a wider health and social care system. The organisation's ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focus on putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and added years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-up approach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% on patch working, with office bases at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.
This role will require a minimum of 2 days 'on patch' working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the requirements for the post.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to post-graduate level in Nursing or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
Desirable
- Understanding of the public sector
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Member of a professional body - the NMC
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Experience of creating and delivering presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Knowledge of Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long -term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Management Skills
Essential
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
Physical Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of dayto-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems in the area
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
Address
County Hall
Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/icb (Opens in a new tab)