CHC Clinical Practitioner

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a CHC Clinical Practitioner to support patient assessments within a dynamic team. Applicants should have a graduate qualification in health or care, strong communication skills, and an understanding of the healthcare policy. Flexibility in working hours is provided along with an opportunity for hybrid working. This role emphasizes autonomy in managing workload and making informed decisions in patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Travel expense reimbursement

Qualifications

• Must possess strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience with CHC National Framework is an advantage.
• Ability to analyze complex situations and develop options.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient assessment and reviews.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals and liaise on assessments.
• Undertake specialist health needs assessments.

Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving Skills

Analytical Ability

Planning Skills

Education

Graduate level qualification in a relevant health or care discipline

Job description

Overview

Go back Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

CHC Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 22 October 2025

Unfortunately,we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship.

We have exciting opportunities for you to join our All Age Complex & Continuing Care (AACCC) team, working across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.

We are looking for highly motivated Registered Nurses of all disciplines AND/OR Allied Health Professionals who can work autonomously and collaboratively in a multi-agency environment to support the assessment and review process for NHS Continuing Health Care (CHC) and NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC). Prior knowledge of AACCC would be beneficial but is not essential as you will work within an experienced and supportive team who will support you as you settle into your new role.

Support will be available from colleagues and senior management to help you develop the necessary skills and experience to work across the whole pathway, safely, confidently and effectively. At the same time, as you demonstrate your expertise and skills you will have autonomy to plan and prioritise your own workload to meet the requirements of the post.

There is the opportunity to work full time - or part time - on a hybrid basis and in addition we support flexible working options to enhance the work/life balance of our teams. We operate within core business hours, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in patient assessment and reviews, care planning and case management as well as audit, appeals, retrospective assessments, complaints, assessment verification, and much more.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking specialist health needs assessments for individuals who are undergoing assessment for, or who are already eligible for, NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care.

Assessments are generally carried out within the community in residential settings but may also take a hybrid approach. Therefore, you will need to have access to a car to support you with your role. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with NHS Policy.

You will be required to work with the individual and/or their representative, and to liaise with private providers, partner organisations, along with other health and social care professionals to ensure that assessments are person centred.

For more information and for an informal discussion regarding the role please contact:

Kelly Cox, Bucks - Tel: [phone] or Mobile: [phone]

About us

NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.

We work collaboratively with partner organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).

Our key priorities are to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7 million people who live in our communities.

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

Our Values are:

Respectful we are inclusive

Impactful we make a difference

Integrity we are kind and fair

Leadership we encourage leadership

Collaborative we work together in a positive way

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes of the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the AAC C service and the ICB.

Person Specification

Communication Skills

• Must be able to provide and receive sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with individuals, their families and representative and stakeholders on challenging and controversial issues.

Experience

• An awareness of CHC National Framework.
• An understanding of current healthcare policy and an appreciation of how it impacts on patient engagement and services.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care, local authorities and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Working knowledge and experience of CHC through prior work experience.

Analytical

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
• Take decisions on difficult and challenging issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.

Planning Skills

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.

Autonomy Freedom to Act

• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Team Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance with policies.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve service improvement.

Qualifications

• Hold a graduate level or equivalent qualification in a relevant health or care discipline.
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
• Member of relevant professional body.

Management Skills

• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively. Experience of managing and motivating colleagues.

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.

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB