CYPCC Senior Assessor - CPR197-01/02

Central East Integrated Care Board; Shefford; Sur place; GBP 44 000 - 51 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Central East Integrated Care Board in the UK is seeking a CYP Continuing Care Assessor (Band 7) to lead complex assessments for children and young people with significant ongoing health needs. You will ensure robust, defensible recommendations aligned with the CYP Continuing Care Framework and work across families, local authorities, education, and health services.

This trusted role requires senior clinical insight, strong communication, case management, and a commitment to equitable care

Qualifications

• Experience in leading complex assessments for CYP with significant ongoing health needs.
• Ability to analyse multidisciplinary evidence and provide defensible recommendations.
• Strong communication skills with families, partners, and safeguarding teams.

Responsabilités

• Undertake complex holistic assessments for CYP under Continuing Care.
• Analyse MDT evidence and provide clear eligibility recommendations.
• Lead MDT discussions and case reviews with senior clinical input.
• Explain processes to families with sensitivity and clarity.
• Liaise with local authorities, SEND, education, safeguarding, and health providers.
• Develop and quality-assure support plans aligned with assessed needs.
• Manage a caseload of complex cases with timely progression and governance.
• Provide senior clinical advice and mentorship to colleagues.
• Identify safeguarding risks and escalate where needed.
• Contribute to audit, quality monitoring and pathway improvements.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure information governance.

Connaissances

Complex assessments

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical governance

Senior clinical advice

Communication with families

Caseload management

Formation

Professional registration (UK)

Description du poste

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to work outside core hours to meet service need) Job ref 644-CE109

Employer Central East Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site Priory House, Shefford or The Forum, Hemel Hempsted Town Shefford or Hemel Hempsted Salary per annum Closing 03/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are Central East ICB, the new organisationentrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire.

We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people’s lives – acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that’s possible.

If you need support with the application process, please contact our People Team at [e-mail].

Read about our priorities in our strategy document, Our Way .

Job overview

The CYP Continuing Care Assessor is an experienced and confident clinician responsible for leading complex assessments for children and young people with significant, ongoing health needs. The postholder plays a key role in determining eligibility for Children & Young People’s Continuing Care, ensuring that every assessment, rationale, and recommendation is clinically robust, defensible, and firmly aligned with the national CYP Continuing Care Framework. This role sits at the heart of providing safe, person-centred, and equitable support for families. The Assessor undertakes detailed holistic assessments, brings together multidisciplinary evidence, and produces high-quality reports that stand up to scrutiny from partners, families, and governance processes. They manage cases that are often sensitive, fast-moving, and multi-agency in nature, requiring sound judgment, strong communication skills, and a calm, balanced approach. The postholder works closely with families, local authority colleagues, education teams, safeguarding, and a wide range of health professionals to build a joined-up understanding of needs and ensure care planning is clear, coordinated, and proportionate. They also contribute to quality assurance, help develop practice standards, support junior staff, and promote consistency across the pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake complex, holistic assessments of children and young people with significant health needs, in line with the national CYP Continuing Care Framework.
• Analyse multidisciplinary evidence and formulate clear, defensible eligibility recommendations supported by robust clinical rationale.
• Lead and contribute to MDT discussions, case reviews, and decision-making meetings, providing senior clinical insight.
• Work closely with families, acting with sensitivity and clarity to explain processes, gather information, and support understanding of outcomes.
• Liaise with a wide range of partners, including local authority teams, SEND services, education staff, safeguarding, and health providers, to ensure coordinated assessments and planning.
• Develop and quality-assure support plans and recommendations, ensuring care is proportionate, person-centred, and aligned with assessed needs.
• Manage a caseload of complex cases, ensuring timely progression, high standards of documentation, and adherence to all governance requirements.
• Provide senior clinical advice and support to colleagues, acting as a resource for less experienced staff and contributing to workforce development.
• Identify risks, safeguarding concerns, or escalation issues and take appropriate action to ensure safe and lawful practice.
• Contribute to audit, quality monitoring, and improvement work to strengthen consistency and raise standards across the CYP Continuing Care pathway.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure all documentation meets information governance and quality requirements.
• Keep up to date with national policy, legislation, case law, and best practice relevant to CYP Continuing Care, embedding learning into day-to-day work.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.

CPD

• Evidence of CPD
• Significant experience of working within CHC
• Supporting delivery of SOPS and processes
• Experience of working as part of an MDT

Experience

• Experience of working in Children and Young People's Continuing Care
• Ability to travel across the ICB area in an efficient and timely manor

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.