Learning Disabilities Assessment/Case Management Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Tring; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home-based working

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a registered learning disabilities nurse to join the Liaison Care Transformation team. The role focuses on complex CHC assessments for individuals with CHC funding, reviewing records and recommending levels of care and funding, while keeping care plans current.

The role is mainly home-based and remote with occasional face-to-face visits. You will work with Integrated Care Board requirements and collaborate with Local Authority representatives and

Qualifications

• Degree in a related subject.
• NMC registration as a learning disabilities nurse.
• Experience with learning disabilities CHC assessments.
• Experience redesigning complex care packages.
• Experience working with an Integrated Care Board.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical assessments with individuals, providers and Local Authority representatives, collecting paperwork beforehand.
• Carry out complex CHC assessments for individuals receiving CHC funding.
• Evaluate needs using medication records, care plans, daily living activities and provider discussions.
• Review cases to confirm continued eligibility and appropriate levels of designated resource.
• Determine eligibility between health and social care and recommend levels of support, taking Local Authority views into account.
• Complete assessment documentation, incorporating Local Authority comments.
• Update care plans from assessment recommendations, focusing on assessed needs and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
• Draft recommendations for the ICB with clear supporting evidence.
• Provide clinical advice on assessment, care planning and monitoring of care.
• Support individuals and families through the assessment process and collaborate with other professionals.
• Support the redesign and implementation of person-centred care packages and develop KPIs for monitoring.
• Produce clinical reports to support decision-making, appeals and complaints, including evidence for complaints.

Skills

Complex assessments

Relationship building

Client-focused

Self-motivated

Education

Degree required

Job description

This role sits in the Liaison Care Transformation team, where Liaison Group supports a client with Continuing Healthcare assessments for people with learning disabilities. The work centres on complex CHC assessments for people receiving CHC funding, including reviewing clinical records, recommending appropriate levels of care and funding, and keeping care plans current. It is mainly home-based and remote, with occasional face-to-face visits. Applicants need to be a registered learning disabilities nurse, and the advert requires experience with an Integrated Care Board.

What the job involves

• Undertake clinical assessments with individuals, providers and Local Authority representatives, collecting paperwork beforehand
• Carry out complex CHC assessments for individuals receiving CHC funding
• Evaluate needs using medication records, care plans, daily living activities and provider discussions
• Review cases to confirm continued eligibility and appropriate levels of designated resource
• Determine eligibility between health and social care and recommend levels of support, taking Local Authority views into account
• Complete assessment documentation, incorporating Local Authority comments
• Update care plans from assessment recommendations, focusing on assessed needs and preventing avoidable hospital admissions
• Draft recommendations for the ICB with clear supporting evidence
• Provide clinical advice on assessment, care planning and monitoring of care
• Support individuals and families through the assessment process and collaborate with other professionals
• Support the redesign and implementation of person-centred care packages and develop KPIs for monitoring
• Produce clinical reports to support decision-making, appeals and complaints, including evidence for complaints

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in a related subject

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a learning disabilities nurse

Experience

• Learning disabilities CHC assessments
• Experience of learning disability assessments
• Experience redesigning complex packages of care to meet clinical and social care needs
• Experience of working with an Integrated Care Board

Skills & knowledge

• Managing complex assessments
• Building positive relationships with partner organisations
• Experience of working with individuals and families
• Self-motivated

Nice to have

• Experience of remote assessments

What’s offered

• Home-based working