Job summary
Job Title: Continuing Care Nurse Band: 7 Full Time: 37.5
Base: Community Learning Disability Service Mile End Hospital London E1 4DG
The Community Learning Disability Service provides integrated specialist health and social care to adults with learning disabilities in Tower Hamlets. Additionally, the service is responsible for the provision of a specialist day activity hub - CREATE.
An exciting vacancy opportunity has for a continuing care nurse post to join CLDS team.
Main duties of the job
This is the lead (sole) Continuing Care practitioner within the Tower hamlets Community learning disabilities Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities to undertake this specialist role.
To undertake NHS Continuing Healthcare Assessments for adults with learning disabilities on behalf of the North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) in line with current National Framework and guidance.
To fully case manage a caseload of adults with learning disabilities and continuing healthcare needs including monitoring of placements, identification of new placements and services, development and review of care plans, preparation of additional funding requests and negotiation of care packages with families, organizations and the ICB.
Where an individual is found eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, to support families with the implementation of personalised care plans and management of personal health budget (PHB) negotiating funding arrangements regarding personalised care packages..
To find appropriate/urgent placements for individuals whose placements have broken down. To lead on Safeguarding investigations for Continuing Healthcare funded adults with learning disabilities.
Use clinical judgement and frequent reviews for individual where their placement needs have change, or the complexity of their health requires greater frequency of care.
Be able to manage challenge and conflict in regard to NHS Continuing Healthcare processes and recommendation/decision making.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- First level Registration NMC (General nursing)
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in learning disabilities nursing
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it, including NHS Continuing Healthcare
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems Development
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post registration experience at band 6, as a Continuing Healthcare Nurse. Must include; caring for patients with complex, long-term health needs including learning disabilities and autism. Planning and implementing care for patients with long term conditions
- A thorough, working understanding of the NHS Continuing Care Assessment process, from referral checklist through to panel presentation
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience of communicating in challenging situations
- At least two years post registration experience at band 6, as a Continuing Healthcare Nurse. Must include; caring for patients with complex, long-term health needs including learning disabilities and autism. Planning and implementing care for patients with long term conditions A thorough, working understanding of the NHS Continuing Care Assessment process, from referral checklist through to panel presentation.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services. Experience of communicating in challenging situations Comprehensive knowledge of health information systems. Able to lead on safeguarding adults investigations and must have a good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- The ability to provide nursing leadership and advice within the service and to lead and motivate staff.
- The ability to assess the significance of features of a clinical case and to plan appropriate actions in response and/or take appropriate emergency measures.
- The ability to utilise complex information to formulate a community nursing care plan as part of an interagency plan and to implement and evaluate it.
- The ability to apply flexibility to working practice to meet needs of service users and changes in service models.
- Ability of effective caseload management, incorporating planning and prioritising workload of self and others.
- The ability to monitor and evaluate the quality of service provision and implement necessary changes.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-professional multi-agency environment.
- The ability to promote collaborative working partnerships with other agencies, problem solving and resolving conflict when needed
Desirable
- Skills in conducting research
- Experience of undertaken service development work
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- First level Registration NMC (General nursing)
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in learning disabilities nursing
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it, including NHS Continuing Healthcare
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems Development
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post registration experience at band 6, as a Continuing Healthcare Nurse. Must include; caring for patients with complex, long-term health needs including learning disabilities and autism. Planning and implementing care for patients with long term conditions
- A thorough, working understanding of the NHS Continuing Care Assessment process, from referral checklist through to panel presentation
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience of communicating in challenging situations
- At least two years post registration experience at band 6, as a Continuing Healthcare Nurse. Must include; caring for patients with complex, long-term health needs including learning disabilities and autism. Planning and implementing care for patients with long term conditions A thorough, working understanding of the NHS Continuing Care Assessment process, from referral checklist through to panel presentation.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services. Experience of communicating in challenging situations Comprehensive knowledge of health information systems. Able to lead on safeguarding adults investigations and must have a good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- The ability to provide nursing leadership and advice within the service and to lead and motivate staff.
- The ability to assess the significance of features of a clinical case and to plan appropriate actions in response and/or take appropriate emergency measures.
- The ability to utilise complex information to formulate a community nursing care plan as part of an interagency plan and to implement and evaluate it.
- The ability to apply flexibility to working practice to meet needs of service users and changes in service models.
- Ability of effective caseload management, incorporating planning and prioritising workload of self and others.
- The ability to monitor and evaluate the quality of service provision and implement necessary changes.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-professional multi-agency environment.
- The ability to promote collaborative working partnerships with other agencies, problem solving and resolving conflict when needed
Desirable
- Skills in conducting research
- Experience of undertaken service development work
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
