LD Specialist Nurse Assessor

South West London Integrated Care Board

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Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of clients with Learning Disabilities in any setting (i.e. home, acute settings, residential settings) to determine eligibility to receive Fully Funded NHS Continuing Healthcare [CHC] or Funded Nursing Care [FNC]. The post holder will act as senior nurse assessor/co-ordinator of a Multidisciplinary Team to establish eligibility and working with the client and their family, identify a suitable care package. They will ensure the review process of all Funded Nursing Care/Continuing Healthcare is undertaken in accordance with the National Framework Guidance for Continuing Healthcare (revised 2018).

Main duties of the job

LD Specialist Nurse Assessor

The post holder will ensure that assessments and reviews are carried out in a timely manner according to the local KPIs in order to meet the national performance targets. The post holder will form part of the senior nurse assessor team for the CHC team, ensuring that clients receive high quality care and provide specialist advice regarding Learning Disabilities to the CHC team. The post holder will also lead on ensuring all clients with a Learning Disability who have care delivered through a Personal Health Budget, have appropriate care and support plans in place, and will support in the management of the PHB, resolving issues as they arise.

About us

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:

an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):

to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
enhance productivity and value for money and;
help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.

Date posted

02 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,883 to £58,544 a year Per Annum inclusive of Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

491-SWLCHC016/20/29/136/-A

Job locations

SWL CHC (C&S) Team (930157) L4

120 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description for full details.

The post holder will support the Continuing Healthcare team to ensure that the CHC and FNC work-stream is planned and managed effectively, taking a lead in assisting in their successful delivery.

Establish and maintain communication networks with care home staffs, social services, community staffs and hospital MDT in delivering CHC assessments and complex case management

Maintain effective communication on issues in complex situations arising from the CHC criteria, CHC processes and outcomes

Prioritise workload and team activity responding to service demands/policy changes. Ensure effective balance between clinical and administrative activities

Undertake, critique and facilitate robust clinical assessment/reviews to enable transparent and appropriate funding decisions to be made using expert knowledge of the National Framework

Manage the LD caseload and ensure correct processes are followed in delivery of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS Funded Nursing Care.

Participate in the continued development of the management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, directorate and the wider NHS organisation

Assist in the coordination of training & development and recruitment activity across the Team

To participate in peer reviews, implementing change as appropriate and as defined within the FNC/Continuing Healthcare Guidance

Organise and prioritise work related to CHC Learning Disabilities caseload

Manage a caseload of clients with Learning Disabilities who are eligible for Continuing Healthcare funding.

Carry out Continuing Healthcare, Funded Nursing care and Joint Funding Reviews in a timely manner for patients age 17 years and above with learning disabilities

Be responsible for explaining the CHC Assessment Guidance (revised 2021) clearly to clients, families, health and social care colleagues and care providers so that the process is transparent and understood

Make recommendations regarding eligibility to the Continuing Healthcare management for ratification at the CHC panel, or out of panel, as appropriate.

To ensure all queries from panel regarding the CHC assessment and process are dealt with efficiently

To help identify appropriate care provision and support discharge planning for individuals where appropriate.

Manage enquiries by various stakeholders in relation to NHS Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care; and provide detailed, informed verbal and written responses

Participate in local review conciliation meetings, giving clear and concise evidence to support decision making and rationale

The post holder will attend Safeguarding Strategy meetings where required representing SWL ICB place based teams

To deliver and prepare cases/information in regard to managing further review/appeals at internal and external panels

Ability to undertake assessments of capacity and coordinate/complete Best Interest meetings as required

Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own role and that of the wider CHC team.

Ensure confidential information is handled in accordance with Data Protection Act and Information Governance Protocols

The postholder is responsible for ensuring the local KPIs for assessments are meet, good record keeping on the team database is maintained and professional standards according to NMC and the Trust policies are maintained