NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468)

PHB Nurse

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Job summary

The post holder will support the Personal Health Budget Lead to implement Personal Health Budgets across the service area.

The post holder will work with patients and their representatives to ensure that their health and wellbeing outcomes are met by ensuring that they have choice in how they manage their care and support.

The post holder will actively engage with All Age Continuing Care staff, community nurses, and providers to deliver advice, support and training.

The post holder will also support the development and implementation of Personal Health Budgets to wider groups of people as directed. Providing clinical challenge when a Personal Health Budget is offered to groups outside of All Age Continuing Care, including Mental Health and Children.

Main duties of the job

The Post Holder will:

Be responsible for managing phone and email queries where clinical input is required.

Meet with individuals and their families that are interested in taking a Personal Health Budget.

Encourage creative and personalised ways for people to meet their needs.

Assess care plans to ensure they will meet patients clinical needs.

Attend panels to present and discuss support plans, and any funding that may be required for a Personal Health Budget.

Undertake and produce documentation around risk assessments.

Review Personal Health Budgets and produce reports

Caseload will be made up of all CHC Eligible service users who accept a Personal Health Budget.

Responsible for setting up Notional and Direct Payments for all Personal Health Budget Holders.

Communicate difficult decisions to patients and their representatives in a way that upholds the values of HWE ICB.

About us

Here at Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, we're responsible for planning and overseeing how NHS money is spent to support the people who live in Hertfordshire and west Essex.

We have around 750 employees and our role is to make sure health services work well and are of high quality as well as value for money.

It's an exciting time for us and we're looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.

So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services then we want to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum plus 5% HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

468-HWE475

Job locations

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. The Forum I Marlows I Hemel Hempstead I HP1 1DN

Hemel Hempstead

HP1 1DN


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.

Please note this is Band 6 AFC subject to job evaluation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.

Please note this is Band 6 AFC subject to job evaluation.

Person Specification

PHB and CHC knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence they have PHB experience

PHB background

Essential

  • Knowledge of Personal Health Budgets

Desirable

  • CHC knowledge

CHC and Personal Health Budget knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of CHC specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent

Desirable

  • Working knowledgeable of Who Pays Guidance 2020

CHC

Essential

  • Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Desirable

  • Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances. Inputs to strategic plans across the NHS and within the specific teams. Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines Proven track record of involving stakeholders in the planning of modernisation and monitoring of services. Previous experience of effective planning and commissioning of the relevant to CHC. Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Person Specification

PHB and CHC knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence they have PHB experience

PHB background

Essential

  • Knowledge of Personal Health Budgets

Desirable

  • CHC knowledge

CHC and Personal Health Budget knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of CHC specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent

Desirable

  • Working knowledgeable of Who Pays Guidance 2020

CHC

Essential

  • Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Desirable

  • Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances. Inputs to strategic plans across the NHS and within the specific teams. Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines Proven track record of involving stakeholders in the planning of modernisation and monitoring of services. Previous experience of effective planning and commissioning of the relevant to CHC. Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468)

Address

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. The Forum I Marlows I Hemel Hempstead I HP1 1DN

Hemel Hempstead

HP1 1DN


Employer's website

https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468)

Address

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. The Forum I Marlows I Hemel Hempstead I HP1 1DN

Hemel Hempstead

HP1 1DN


Employer's website

https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

CYPCC Lead

Frances O'Sullivan

frances.o'sullivan@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum plus 5% HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

468-HWE475

Job locations

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. The Forum I Marlows I Hemel Hempstead I HP1 1DN

Hemel Hempstead

HP1 1DN


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