Nurse Assessor/Case Manager

Job summary

NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a key part of the NHS in our region, working to improve the health of our local population. We are seeking experienced qualified nurses to join our All Age Continuing Care Service.

We have exciting opportunities available within the ICB for Band 6 Nurse Assessor/Case Officers, in the North Cumbria All Age Continuing Care team. The team is part of the North East and North Cumbria ICB North region covering the areas Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle Gateshead and North Cumbria. The posts are open to nurses with RGN, RNLD or RMN registrations. Reporting to the All Age Continuing Care Clinical Lead Nurses, you will be part of a dedicated team working within the health and social care system.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Committed to high quality patient and family experiences, you will be working collaboratively alongside other partners and stakeholders to ensure individuals needs are appropriately met. You will be responsible for the specialist Continuing Healthcare assessments, reviews, and case management of the health needs of individuals either in their own homes, residential, specialist accommodation or nursing accommodation and act as a point of contact, referral, and advice, completing regular reviews for health funded individuals and ensuring compliance with NHS National Framework Guidance. Case Management may also include safe commissioning of safe services for individuals, supporting with Court of Protection & Deprivation of Liberty processes, engagement in safeguarding, appeals, professional disputes and complaints, support to find appropriate placements etc.

About us

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.