CHC Senior Nurse

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The Individualised Care Team are seeking an experienced Continuing Healthcare Assessor looking for the next step in your career.

This is an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified Registered Nurse to join our busy Continuing Healthcare Team.

You will have significant knowledge of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care (Revised 2012), and its application. Ideally, you will also have knowledge and awareness of social work systems and frameworks.

As part of the CHC Team, you will lead and manage the work of the CHC Nurse Assessors workers to deliver CHC assessments in line with the National Frameworks for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Care.

You will be able to manage your time and the time of others in the team. You will be able to work flexibly in a pressurised environment.

You will ideally have experience of managing staff and of managing change. You will have relevant experience in complex case management and, drawing on previous skills and knowledge, and be confident about what is required to deliver high quality care to patients.

You will need to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, including the application of tact and diplomacy in challenging expectations and complaints, to liaise effectively with colleagues, health and social care professionals, patients’ family members and others.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Richard Hutchinson, Continuing Healthcare Manager
rhutchinson@nhs.net

We reserve the right to close vacancies when we have received sufficient applications. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview.

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If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Depending on the role a Criminal Records check may be required, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We welcome applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship which will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to this post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post or if we are unable to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.