Clinical Lead B&D MH&W Team

TN United Kingdom; Barking; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional community and mental health services. As a Clinical Nurse Assessor and Discharge Facilitator, you will play a vital role in ensuring smooth patient transitions through rehabilitation units. This position offers a supportive environment with a strong emphasis on professional development and teamwork. You will be part of a compassionate team committed to delivering the best care to patients while promoting a culture of equality and diversity. If you are a motivated nurse looking to make a meaningful impact, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Flexible Working Opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and Wellbeing Support

Comprehensive Induction Programme

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in patient assessments and discharge processes.
• Knowledge of NHS Continuing Healthcare criteria and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient discharges and assessments for NHS Continuing Care.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to support patient flow.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Discharge Facilitation

Report Writing

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

IT Skills

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

NVQ Level 2

Degree in Health or Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation Multi-Disciplinary Team at Meadow Court, in the role of our CHC Clinical Nurse Assessor and Discharge Facilitator.

We are seeking a motivated and forward thinking registered qualified nurse to support the flow of patients through our inpatient rehabilitation units, whilst ensuring all patients discharged onto the D2A nursing home pathway are assessed against the criteria for NHS Continuing Care.

The post holder will be responsible for the effective coordination of patient discharges throughout the inpatient units across Meadow Court.

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate knowledge, skills and experience of person-centred assessments and discharge facilitation. The role will involve working within a multidisciplinary team and a multi-agency environment to support patients' discharges from the wards, the assessment and review process for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC).

Experience undertaking mental capacity and best interests' assessments is advantageous and an understanding of deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Court of Protection would be beneficial to the role. You will also need to be knowledgeable in report writing to ensure you can confidently complete a health needs assessment, personal care and support plan and the CHC decision Support Tool.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be competent in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and also be confident in learning new systems for recording and report writing.

The successful applicant will be required to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a team and be able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. We offer a well-established, experienced and supportive team with an extensive skills mix. We are committed to the continuous professional development of all of our staff.

We are looking for full time employees.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details please contact: Nashreen Seebundhun – Operational Lead at or Sarah Akintunde- Modern Matron at ;

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

References

Please ensure that the references are from your most recent employer and one of these must be your direct Line Manager or Supervisor. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. Additionally, ensure that any gaps in your employment history are clearly indicated. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.

If you like the sound of working with NELFT, don’t waste a moment and apply now!

Person specification

DEMONSTRATION OF TRUST VALUES

• We are Kind
• We are Respectful
• We work together with our Community

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse Qualification
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• Evidence of professional development
• Experience in Continuing Health Care
• Degree or equivalent level of experience in health or social care
• Academic / professional qualification at higher degree level or equivalent
• Management / leadership qualification / experience
• Recognised teaching module

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable post registration experience
• Experience of undertaking highly complex, clinical assessments
• Experience of working with service users and carers
• Liaison with outside agencies
• Experience of working with patients with multiple or complex physical care needs
• Experience of planning and evaluating complex care packages
• Relevant nursing experience gained in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment
• Wide experience of cross-sector partnership

KNOWLEDGE

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Demonstrable relative experience and knowledge of current key policies and priorities
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of The National Framework for Fully Funded NHS Continuing Care
• Understanding of service provision for the client group
• Understanding of relevant current NHS and social care market mechanisms

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication including providing and receiving complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Ability to work with and influence all stakeholders locally and regionally
• Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
• Ability to work sensitively with service users and carers in challenging situations
• Comfortable with complex workloads and competing priorities
• Demonstrable ability to deliver the remit of the post.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
• Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues
• Excellent organisational skills and keyboard skills
• Leader and mentor skills
• Ability to facilitate

ATTRIBUTES

• Team player committed to open collegiate relationships and corporate effectiveness
• Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Resilience in complex and demanding situations
• Drive for improvement
• Confidence in managing ambiguity and uncertainty

PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Must be able to travel to various appointments on a day to day basis and able to travel locally, regionally and on occasions nationally. Enhanced CRB disclosure required.

OTHER

• To be aware of and demonstrate the Trust Values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.