Role Summary
- The completion of Health Assessments and Continuing Healthcare Tools to determine the eligibility for Continuing NHS Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care working within the National Framework.
- To work within the target timeframes as set out within the NHS Framework.
- To ensure that the process is implemented in a timely, efficient and transparent manner in accordance with the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and Funded Care 2022.
- Health Assessments, checklists and Decision Support Tools to be undertaken for clients in their own homes, residential care homes, community and other settings as directed by line manager.
- The client group have highly complex needs and requires specialist in depth assessment of their health care needs
- Provision of specific advice and guidance on the National Framework to the individual, relatives, independent sector, NHS and Social care staff.
- To maintain a high and consistent standard of assessment.
- Promote closer working relationships between the independent sector and the NHS and disseminate good practice
- To undertake case management and case co-ordination for those within care homes or with high complex health needs.
- To seek appropriate consent and undertake Best Interest Meetings as needed
- Monitor and report on the quality of care delivery within nursing/care homes, liaising with regulatory bodies as necessary.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
The role requires nurses to use the full range of nursing and clinical skills to assess the complex healthcare needs of individuals within a variety of settings, including individuals own homes and residential homes. Completing assessments in line with the National Framework for Continuing Health Care and Funded Nursing Care. The skills you will need to successfully undertake this role are good communication and interpersonal skills, clinical assessment skills and an ability to work with individuals, families, care providers and other professionals within the health and social care sectors.
Continuing Health Care Team work Monday – Friday between 08.00 – 17.00 and is based within Ottery St Mary Hospital however we use a flexible approach to working from home and within the office. You will need to be able to travel around Exeter and occasionally out of area to undertake assessments and complete case management work. You will need to be computer literate able to use word processing systems and typing up reports and providing good report writing.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 08.30 - 17.00
Interview Date: 9th September 2022
For further information please contact Gill Blackshaw, CHC Lead Nurse on 07391 410119 / g.blackshaw@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
