Clinical Nurse Assessment Specialist

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Mount Pleasant; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider is seeking a Clinical Nurse Assessment Specialist to support care homes in assessing clinical needs and costing care packages. The ideal candidate will have a nursing registration and a passion for working with individuals with complex health needs. This nationwide role involves significant travel and flexibility. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Paid NMC membership

24/7 counselling support

Qualifications

• Must have first-level nursing registration.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Confidence in representing the company at meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support care homes in clinical pre-admission assessments.
• Produce individual cost assessments.
• Coach Clinical Nurse Managers in the assessment process.
• Build relationships with new referrers.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to conduct thorough assessments

Passion for working with individuals with complex health needs

Flexibility and good organisation skills

Education

First-level nursing registration with a valid NMC PIN

Job description

Overview

Clinical Nurse Assessment Specialist (RGN/RMN/RNLD)

Location: Nationwide role covering our existing and new portfolio of homes. The ability to drive and access to a car is essential.

Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday).

Rate: £40,000 per annum, plus £3,000 car allowance.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs.

We have over 55 care homes across England that support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Support our care homes to complete clinical pre-admission assessments, working closely alongside our operational and clinical colleagues. This involves flexibility to travel to different care settings nationwide within the allocated working day.
• Produce individual cost per care assessments that clearly demonstrate the specialist care package being proposed and the justification for the specific interventions and costs. This will be completed during working hours, either at the office or remotely from home.
• Coach Clinical Nurse Managers and Home Managers in the assessment and costing process and be involved in delivering training.
• Support the processing of referrals received into the organisation, as requested by the Senior Clinical Assessment Specialist, working in conjunction with the Referrals and Occupancy Management Team.
• Uphold the company vision and drive the Exemplar Health Care strategy.
• Where required, support our homes with the reassessment of existing service users.
• Build relationships and opportunities with new and potential referrers.
• Attend conferences, events and networks to build relationships and raise Exemplar Health Care’s profile where required.
• Download the job description for a full list of responsibilities.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also have:

• An ability to conduct a thorough assessment of individual need and identify suitable packages of care to enable people to achieve their desired outcomes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of staff and stakeholders.
• A passion for working with individuals with complex health needs.
• A desire to work as part of a fast-paced, responsive team, to develop a systematic approach to referral management and always ensure the highest standard of customer experience.
• Flexibility - the ability to work independently and as part of a team - good organisation skills, self-motivation is a must.
• Happy to travel to various portfolio homes.
• Confidence in approach when representing Exemplar Health Care at internal, commissioner and contract meetings.
• This is a nationwide role, covering our existing and new portfolio of homes, so the ability to drive and access to a car is essential.

To apply for this role, you must have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN. We’re looking for Registered Nurses, from all backgrounds (Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses).

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Paid NMC membership
• Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, please contact our Nurse Talent Specialist Lisandra Ferreira on 07951 794 598 or alternatively email: [e-mail]